scorzonera hispanica

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   perennial south European herb having narrow entire leaves and solitary yellow flower heads and long black edible roots shaped like carrots

   Synonymsblack salsifyviper's grassscorzonera

   Broaderherb

   Part ofgenus Scorzonera

   Partsscorzonera

Questions about scorzonera hispanica

What does scorzonera hispanica mean?

scorzonera hispanica means "perennial south European herb having narrow entire leaves and solitary yellow flower heads and long black edible roots shaped like carrots".

What is another word for scorzonera hispanica?

Close synonyms include black salsify, viper's grass, scorzonera. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is scorzonera hispanica a common word?

scorzonera hispanica is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.