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tragopogon
(wn) | Tragopogon
n 1: genus of Old World herbs with linear entire leaves and
yellow or purple flower heads [syn: Tragopogon, {genus
Tragopogon}] |
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Tragopogon porrifolius
(gcide) | Oyster \Oys"ter\ (ois"t[~e]r), n. [OF. oistre, F. hu[^i]tre, L.
ostrea, ostreum, Gr. 'o`streon; prob. akin to 'ostre`on bone,
the oyster being so named from its shell. Cf. Osseous,
Ostracize.]
1. (Zool.) Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Ostrea.
They are usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed
objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in
brackish water in the mouth of rivers. The common European
oyster (Ostrea edulis), and the American oyster ({Ostrea
Virginiana}), are the most important species.
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2. A name popularly given to the delicate morsel contained in
a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part
of the back of a fowl.
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Fresh-water oyster (Zool.), any species of the genus
Etheria, and allied genera, found in rivers of Africa
and South America. They are irregular in form, and attach
themselves to rocks like oysters, but they have a pearly
interior, and are allied to the fresh-water mussels.
Oyster bed, a breeding place for oysters; a place in a
tidal river or other water on or near the seashore, where
oysters are deposited to grow and fatten for market. See
1st Scalp, n.
Oyster catcher (Zool.), See oystercatcher in the
vocabulary.
Oyster crab (Zool.) a small crab (Pinnotheres ostreum)
which lives as a commensal in the gill cavity of the
oyster.
Oyster dredge, a rake or small dragnet for bringing up
oysters from the bottom of the sea.
Oyster fish. (Zool.)
(a) The tautog.
(b) The toadfish.
Oyster plant. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Tragopogon ({Tragopogon
porrifolius}), the root of which, when cooked,
somewhat resembles the oyster in taste; salsify; --
called also vegetable oyster.
(b) A plant found on the seacoast of Northern Europe,
America and Asia (Mertensia maritima), the fresh
leaves of which have a strong flavor of oysters.
Oyster plover. (Zool.) Same as oystercatcher.
Oyster shell (Zool.), the shell of an oyster.
Oyster wench, Oyster wife, Oyster women, a women who
deals in oysters.
Pearl oyster. (Zool.) See under Pearl.
Thorny oyster (Zool.), any spiny marine shell of the genus
Spondylus.
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Tragopogon pratensis
(gcide) | Goat's beard \Goat's beard\, goatsbeard \goatsbeard\n. (Bot.),
A weedy European annual with yellow flowers, of the genus
Tragopogon; -- so named from the long silky beard of the
seeds. One species is the salsify or oyster plant; it is
naturalized in US.
Syn: meadow salsify, shepherd's clock, {Tragopogon
pratensis}.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]Sleep-at-noon \Sleep"-at-noon"\, n. (Bot.)
A plant (Tragopogon pratensis) which closes its flowers at
midday; a kind of goat's beard. --Dr. Prior.
[1913 Webster]Joseph's flower \Jo"seph's flow"er\ (Bot.)
A composite herb (Tragopogon pratensis), of the same genus
as the salsify.
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genus tragopogon
(wn) | genus Tragopogon
n 1: genus of Old World herbs with linear entire leaves and
yellow or purple flower heads [syn: Tragopogon, {genus
Tragopogon}] |
tragopogon
(wn) | Tragopogon
n 1: genus of Old World herbs with linear entire leaves and
yellow or purple flower heads [syn: Tragopogon, {genus
Tragopogon}] |
tragopogon dubius
(wn) | Tragopogon dubius
n 1: European perennial naturalized throughout United States
having hollow stems with a few long narrow tapered leaves
and each bearing a solitary pale yellow flower [syn:
yellow salsify, Tragopogon dubius] |
tragopogon porrifolius
(wn) | Tragopogon porrifolius
n 1: Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of
purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root;
naturalized throughout United States [syn: salsify,
oyster plant, vegetable oyster, {Tragopogon
porrifolius}] |
tragopogon pratensis
(wn) | Tragopogon pratensis
n 1: weedy European annual with yellow flowers; naturalized in
United States [syn: meadow salsify, goatsbeard,
shepherd's clock, Tragopogon pratensis] |
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