oyster plant

See also: oysterplant

English

Noun

oyster plant (plural oyster plants)

1. Acanthus mollis (bear's breeches), native to the Mediterranean
2. Mertensia maritima (oysterleaf, sea lungwort, sea bluebell), native to Europe and North America with leaves said to taste like oysters
3. Pseudopodospermum hispanicum (syn. Scorzonera hispanica, black salsify, black oyster plant), cultivated for its dark-skinned edible root
4. Tragopogon porrifolius (common salsify, vegetable oyster, purple salsify, Jerusalem star), cultivated for its light-skinned edible root
5. Tradescantia spathacea (formerly Tradescantia discolor) (oyster herb, boatlily, Moses in a basket, cradle lily, Moses in his cradle, Moses on a raft, Moses in the bulrushes, men in a boat, Moses-in-cradle, salsify)

Translations

Acanthus mollis — see bear's breech

Mertensia maritima — see sea bluebell

Scorzonera hispanica — see black salsify

Tragopogon porrifolius

• Basque: terebuzu
• Catalan: salsifí, barbeta (ca), barba de cabra
• Finnish: kaurajuuri (fi)
• Spanish: salsifí (es), barba cabruna
• Swedish: haverrot c, äkta haverrot (sv) c

Tradescantia spathacea

• Basque: orkatx lore-handi
• Finnish: taskujuoru

References

• “oyster plant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “oyster plant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• oyster plant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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