Dumbek's Random Stuff

I go to TicketBastard just about every day to look up something or other and I get presented with those annoying "prove you can type" verification words. They're usually either ridiculously simple - like "puppy" - or something fairly cryptic. I've decided to start looking them up and see what they mean.

Today's TicketMaster word:

salsify

NOUN:
pl. sal�si�fies In both senses also called oyster plant , vegetable oyster .

1. A European plant (Tragopogon porrifolius) having grasslike leaves, purple flower heads, and an edible taproot.
2. The root of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.

ETYMOLOGY:
French salsifis, from obsolete Italian (erba) salsifica


mmmm....edible taproot.