asparagus
nounHow to pronounce asparagus:
Definition of asparagus:
- asparagus (noun):
- one (a. officinalis) widely cultivated for its edible young shoots
- plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
- any of a genus (asparagus of the family asparagaceae, the asparagus family) of old world perennial plants having much-branched stems, minute scalelike leaves, and narrow usually filiform branchlets that function as leaves
Synonyms for asparagus:
asparagus officinales
edible asparagus
genus asparagus
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