scorzonera
/ˌskɒzəˈnɪərə/noun
1- a plant of the daisy family with tapering purple-brown edible roots
1.1
- Scorzonera hispanica, family Compositae.拉丁名Scorzonera hispanica, 菊科。
1.2
- mass noun the root of this plant used as a vegetable鸦葱根。
词源
early 17th cent.: from Italian， from scorzone, from an alteration of medieval Latin curtio（n-） 'venomous snake' (against whose venom the plant may have been regarded as an antidote).