oyster plant
See also: oysterplant
English
Noun
oyster plant (plural oyster plants)
- Acanthus mollis (bear's breeches), native to the Mediterranean
- Mertensia maritima (oysterleaf, sea lungwort, sea bluebells), native to Europe and North America with leaves said to taste like oysters
- Scorzonera hispanica (black salsify, black oyster plant), cultivated for its dark-skinned edible root
- Tragopogon porrifolius (common salsify, vegetable oyster, purple salsify, Jerusalem star), cultivated for its light-skinned edible root
- Tradescantia spathacea (formerly Tradescantia discolor) (oyster herb, boatlily, Moses in a basket, cradle lily, Moses in his cradle, Moses on a raft, Moses in the bulrushes, men in a boat, Moses-in-cradle, salsify)
References
- oyster plant at OneLook Dictionary Search
- oyster plant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Port Stanley