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[ uh-spar-uh-guhs ] / əˈspær ə gəs /
nounany plant of the genus Asparagus, of the lily family, especially A. officianalis, cultivated for its edible shoots. the shoots, eaten as a vegetable. Origin of asparagusbefore 1000; <Latin <Greek asp(h)áragos; replacing Old English sparagi (<Medieval Latin ) and later sperage, sparrowgrass OTHER WORDS FROM asparagusas·pa·rag·i·nous [as-puh-raj-uh-nuhs], /ˌæs pəˈrædʒ ə nəs/, adjectiveWords nearby asparagussore point, a, asp, asparaginase, asparagine, asparaginic acid, asparagus, asparagus bean, asparagus beetle, asparagus fern, aspartame, aspartase Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for asparagusI lived for my packages from home of eggplants and asparagus and tomatoes and broccoli and elephant garlic. Tales of a Jailhouse Gourmet: How I learned to Cook in Prison|Daniel Genis|June 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST The U.S. is one of Ecuador's largest customers, buying cut flowers, asparagus, minerals, and Pacific tuna fish. Ecuador Needs U.S. Aid. Will They Risk It All with Snowden?|Mac Margolis|June 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST Add the green beans, peas, lima beans, asparagus, fava beans, and 1/2 cup water to the pan. Three Quinoa Recipes for Your Weekend Parties|Jane Coxwell|May 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST My Dad was a mad keen gardener, so we would always have all those local, seasonal, organic things; asparagus and artichokes. Tom Parker Bowles on Camilla's Roast Chicken, His Cocaine Sting and Those Pictures of Kate|Tom Sykes|October 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Asparagus is one of those ingredients that I need to eat once it's around, and eggs are my all-time favorite food. Fresh Picks|Jamie Bissonnette|August 24, 2011|DAILY BEAST Asparagus is said to strengthen and develop the artistic faculties. Food Remedies|Florence Daniel It is more commonly known as asparagus fern, though it is not even a most distant relative of the fern family. ABC of Gardening|Eben Eugene Rexford I stuffed myself with bread so as not to dream of turbot, asparagus, and suchlike. Letters of Anton Chekhov|Anton Chekhov The two city-bred artists knew a wall-flower from a cabbage and a rose from a sprig of asparagus, and that was all. The Golden Butterfly|Walter Besant With saddle and mutton, plain baked macaroni, peas or asparagus. Civic League Cook Book|Anonymous
British Dictionary definitions for asparagus
nounany Eurasian liliaceous plant of the genus Asparagus, esp the widely cultivated A. officinalis, having small scaly or needle-like leaves the succulent young shoots of A. officinalis, which may be cooked and eaten asparagus fern a fernlike species of asparagus, A. plumosus, native to southern Africa Word Origin for asparagusC15: from Latin, from Greek asparagos, of obscure origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |