tragopogon porrifolius

Questions about tragopogon porrifolius

What does tragopogon porrifolius mean?

tragopogon porrifolius means "Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States".

What is another word for tragopogon porrifolius?

Close synonyms include salsify, oyster plant, vegetable oyster. 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 tragopogon porrifolius a common word?

tragopogon porrifolius 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.