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7 Letter Words for Salsify
salsify
6 Letter Words for Salsify
assify, salify
5 Letter Words for Salsify
alifs, fails, flays, islay, lassi, lysis, lyssa, sails, saily, sials, silas, sisal, slays, sylis
4 Letter Words for Salsify
ails, alif, assi, fail, fass, fays, fila, fils, flay, isls, lass, lays, lias, liss, sail, sais, sals, says, sial, sila, slay, syli, yali
3 Letter Words for Salsify
ail, ais, alf, als, aly, asl, ass, ays, fas, fay, fil, fly, fys, ifs, isl, lai, las, lay, lif, lis, lys, sai, sal, say, sif, sil, sis, sla, sly, syl, yas, yis
Definitions for Salsify
[1] a purple-flowered, composite plant, Tragopogon porrifolius, whose root has an oyster-like flavor and is used as a culinary vegetable.
[2] Also called: oyster plant , vegetable oyster a Mediterranean plant, Tragopogon porrifolius, having grasslike leaves, purple flower heads, and a long white edible taproot: family Asteraceae (composites)
[3] the root of this plant, which tastes of oysters and is eaten as a vegetable
Words nearby Salsify
salpingostomy, salpingotomy, salpinx, salsa, salsa verde, salsify, salt, salt away, salt bath, salt cake, salt cedar
Origin of Salsify
1690–1700; < French salsifis, variant of sassefy, sassef(r)ique < Italian sassef(r)ica ) < ?
Word origin for Salsify
C17: from French salsifis, from Italian sassefrica, from Late Latin saxifrica, from Latin saxum rock + fricāre to rub