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Scorzonera

noun
1.
Perennial south European herb having narrow entire leaves and solitary yellow flower heads and long black edible roots shaped like carrots.  Synonyms: black salsify, Scorzonera hispanica, viper's grass.
2.
Long black salsify.  Synonym: black salsify.



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... excellent nourishment in the herbaceous sensitive plants. The pastures where these shrubs particularly abound are sold at a higher price than others. To the east, in the llanos of Cari and Barcelona, the cypura and the craniolaria,* (* Cypura graminea, Craniolaria annua, the scorzonera of the natives.) the beautiful white flower of which is from six to eight inches long, rise solitarily amid the gramina. The pastures are richest not only around the rivers subject to inundations, but also wherever the trunks of palm-trees are near each other. The least fertile spots ...
— Equinoctial Regions of America V2 • Alexander von Humboldt
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Words linked to "Scorzonera" :   black salsify, viper's grass, genus Scorzonera, salsify, herbaceous plant, Scorzonera hispanica, herb


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