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What (who) is oyster plant - definition

WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Oysterplant; Oyster Plant (disambiguation); Oyster Plant

oyster plant         
¦ noun
1. another term for salsify.
2. a blue-flowered thick-leaved creeping plant of the borage family, growing chiefly on stony beaches in northern Europe. [Mertensia maritima.]
Bear's-breech         
  • Corinthian]] pilaster in [[Paris]]
HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL PLANT WITH AN UNDERGROUND RHIZOME IN THE GENUS ACANTHUS
Bear's-breech; Acanthus niger; Acanthus hispanicus; Acanthus latifolius; Acanthus spinulosus
·noun ·see Acanthus, ·noun, 1.
II. Bear's-breech ·noun The English cow parsnip (Heracleum sphondylium).
Oyster farming         
  • Oyster farming at [[Walvis Bay]], [[Namibia]]
COMMERCIAL GROWING OF OYSTERS
Oyster aquaculture; Oyster farm; Oyster cultivation; Environmental impact of oyster farming
Oyster farming is an aquaculture (or mariculture) practice in which oysters are bred and raised mainly for their pearls, shells and inner organ tissue, which is eaten. Oyster farming was practiced by the ancient Romans as early as the 1st century BC on the Italian peninsula For more on these early efforts, see Sergius Orata.

Wikipedia

Oyster plant

Oyster plant is a common name used for various flowering plants, including:

  • Acanthus mollis, (also called bear's breeches), native to the Mediterranean
  • Mertensia maritima (also called oysterleaf), native to Europe and North America with leaves said to taste like oysters
  • Scorzonera hispanica (also called black salsify), cultivated for its dark-skinned edible root
  • Tragopogon porrifolius (also called purple salsify), cultivated for its light-skinned edible root
  • Tradescantia spathacea (synonyms Tradescantia discolor, Rhoeo spathacea, Rhoeo discolor); (also called Oyster Herb, Daun Kepah, Nanas Kerang, Boatlily (Cây Lẻ Bạn, Lảo Bạn, Sò Huyết), 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, (Chinese) 蚌花)