Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
salsify .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) See
salsify .
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- noun Alternative form of
salsify .
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Examples
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Corner vegetables - artichokes, asparagus, salsafy salsify is the modern spelling – apparently its roots taste like oyster
Charles N. Brown & Alexia's London: Supper July 13, 1876 gailcarriger 2009
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Corner vegetables - artichokes, asparagus, salsafy salsify is the modern spelling – apparently its roots taste like oyster
Charles N. Brown & Alexia's London: Supper July 13, 1876 gailcarriger 2009
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There were fragrant bushes of lavender and rosemary, and beds of sweet herbs, thyme, and basil and fennel and salsafy, for Miss Carson believed in some of the old-fashioned remedies, and made salves and ointments and hair washes from the products of her garden.
The Luckiest Girl in the School Angela Brazil 1907
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