[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

goat's beard \goat's beard\, goatsbeard \goatsbeard\n. bot.,
   a weedy european annual with yellow flowers, of the genus
   tragopogon; -- so named from the long silky beard of the
   seeds. one species is the salsify or oyster plant; it is
   naturalized in us.

   syn: meadow salsify, shepherd's clock, tragopogon
        pratensis.
        1913 webster + wordnet 1.5
see also:
tragopogon salsify oyster plant tragopogon pratensis 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sleep-at-noon \sleep"-at-noon"\, n. bot.
   a plant tragopogon pratensis which closes its flowers at
   midday; a kind of goat's beard. --dr. prior.
   1913 webster
see also:
tragopogon pratensis 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

joseph's flower \jo"seph's flow"er\ bot.
   a composite herb tragopogon pratensis, of the same genus
   as the salsify.
   1913 webster
see also:
tragopogon pratensis 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

tragopogon pratensis
     n : weedy european annual with yellow flowers; naturalized in
         united states syn: meadow salsify, goatsbeard, shepherd's
         clock
see also:
meadow salsify goatsbeard shepherd's clock 

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