Salsify

saVs i-fi, n. a biennial plant with an cat- able root like the carrot or parsnip. (Fr.— It sa efrtca Balt, sawlt, a well-known substance used for seasoning, found either in the earth or obtained by evaporation from sea-water: anything like salt: seasoning: piquancy: \chem a combination of an acid with a base —adj. containing salt: tasting of salt: overflowed with or grow- — ing in salt water pungent adj Saltish, somewhat salt.—adv. Saltly.— n. Salt'nesa. [A.S. sealt, salt; with cog. forms in all the fite, m2, h^sr mine Samite Teut. and nearly all the Slav, tongues, and in L. sal, Gr. tab. Sans, sara.]