Lexic.us

Definition of Black salsify

1. Noun. Perennial south European herb having narrow entire leaves and solitary yellow flower heads and long black edible roots shaped like carrots.

2. Noun. Long black salsify.

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Salsify

black pudding black pudding Black race black racer black raspberry black rat black rat snake black rhinoceros black rockweed black root

black root rot fungus black rot black rudderfish black sage black sally black salsify (current term) black saltwort Black Sea black sea bass Black September

Black September Movement black sheep black sickness black smoker black snakeroot black spleenwort black spore black spot black spruce black squirrel

Literary usage of Black salsify

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1. The Principles of Vegetable-gardening by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1901)
"SCORZONERA, OR black salsify The cultivation of this plant is in all ways like that of salsify. It is perennial, however, and the roots continue to enlarge ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"The vegetable known as Scorzonera or black salsify is a plant with a long, ... black salsify. Perennial herb 2 ft. high: stem much branched: Ivs. clasping, ..."

3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and ...by Liberty Hyde Bailey by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"The vegetable known as scorzonera or black salsify is a Perennial herbs, ... .black salsify. Perennial herb, 2 ft. high: st. much branched: Ivs. clasping, ..."

4. Report by New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station Botanical Dept (1908)
"Row 8. This row was planted with "suspect" seed of garden upon "Black" salsify, but all the plants were of the latter species. ..."

5. The Principles of Vegetable-gardening by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1901)
"SCORZONERA, OR black salsify The cultivation of this plant is in all ways like that of salsify. It is perennial, however, and the roots continue to enlarge ..."

6. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"The vegetable known as Scorzonera or black salsify is a plant with a long, ... black salsify. Perennial herb 2 ft. high: stem much branched: Ivs. clasping, ..."

7. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and ...by Liberty Hyde Bailey by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"The vegetable known as scorzonera or black salsify is a Perennial herbs, ... .black salsify. Perennial herb, 2 ft. high: st. much branched: Ivs. clasping, ..."

8. Report by New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station Botanical Dept (1908)
"Row 8. This row was planted with "suspect" seed of garden upon "Black" salsify, but all the plants were of the latter species. ..."

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