vegetable oyster
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of vegetable oyster
An Americanism dating back to 1810–20
Example Sentences
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Salsify, oyster plant or vegetable oyster is a root of easy culture and of high food value.
From Farm Gardening with Hints on Cheap Manuring Quick Cash Crops and How to Grow Them by Anonymous
Sincerely yours,_ While cooking vegetable oyster put in the kettle a small piece of codfish.
From Favorite Dishes : a Columbian Autograph Souvenir Cookery Book by Shuman, Carrie V.
Salsify, or vegetable oyster, is another vegetable which would find great favour were it not so scarce and dear.
From Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) Up-To-Date Health Cookery for the Twentieth Century. by Mill, Mrs. (Jean Oliver)
November 11th.—Now is the time to plant salsify, or the vegetable oyster, as it has been aptly named from its crustacean flavour so dear to herbaceous boarders.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-11-17 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
Description.—The vegetable oyster plant, sometimes called purple goat's-beard, or salsify, is indigenous to some portions of Great Britain.
From Science in the Kitchen. by Kellogg, Mrs. E. E.
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