Meaning Of The Word Asparagus

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asparagus
uncountable noun: Asparagus is a vegetable that is long and green and has small shoots at one end. It is cooked and served whole.

asparagus in American English
any of a genus (Asparagus) of plants of the lily family, with small, scalelike leaves, many flat or needlelike branches, and whitish flowers, including several plants (asparagus ferns) having fleshy roots and fine fernlike leaves
noun: any plant of the genus Asparagus, of the lily family, esp. A. officianalis, cultivated for its edible shoots

asparagus in British English
noun: any Eurasian liliaceous plant of the genus Asparagus, esp the widely cultivated A. officinalis, having small scaly or needle-like leaves

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