Salsify

sal′si-fi, n. a biennial plant growing in meadows throughout Europe, whose long and tapering root has a flavour resembling asparagus—also Sal′safy —often called Oyster-plant .— Black salsify , the related scorzonera. [Fr.,—It. sa efrica , goat's-beard—L. saxum , a rock, fricāre , to rub.]