tragopogon · noun — either of two goat's-beards (Tragopogon pratensis (meadow salsify) or Tragopogon porrifolius (common salsify); or (in later use) any other member of the genus Tragopogon.
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Etymology
From Latin tragopōgōn, from Koine Greek τραγοπώγων (tragopṓgōn), from Ancient Greek τράγος (trágos, “male goat”).
noun
- Either of two goat's-beards (Tragopogon pratensis (meadow salsify) or Tragopogon porrifolius (common salsify); or (in later use) any other member of the genus Tragopogon.e.g.“In our climates many flowers, as tragopogon, and hibiscus, close their flowers before the hottest part of the day comes on […].” — 1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 135:
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