† sparagen.
Obsolete.
Asparagus. Also attributive.
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1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Asparagus,..in English Sparage.
1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Corruda, an hearbe called wylde sparage.
1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. D Yet am I not against it, that these men..should come to be Sparage Gentlemen, & chuff-headed Burghomasters.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 512 Sea Onions, Scamoney, wild Sparradge.
1612 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise iii. 162 Sparage, Fennell, the white Ellebore.
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