‖ Tragopogon Bot.
(ˌtrægəʊˈpəʊgən)
[a. Gr. τραγοπώγων (Theophr.), f. τράγο-ς he-goat + πώγων beard.]
A genus of Composite plants of which the common wild yellow-flowered English and European species, T. minor and pratensis, are known as Goat's-beard, and T. porrifolius with rose-coloured or purple flowers is cultivated for its esculent root under the name of salsify.
| 1706 in Phillips (ed Kersey). 1731 [see salsify 1]. 1741 Compl. Fam.-Piece ii. iii. 376 Products of the Kitchen Garden... Buglos, Borage, Tragopogon. 1830 [see salsify 1]. |