asparagus

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the tender young shoots of Asparagus officinalis, eaten as a vegetable

   She roasted the asparagus with olive oil and a little salt.

2. 2
   noun

   a perennial plant of the genus Asparagus, especially the species cultivated for its edible shoots

   The asparagus in the garden produced new spears each spring.

Common collocations

• asparagus bed Noun + noun

From Latin asparagus, from Ancient Greek asparagos. In English dialect the unfamiliar word was reshaped as sparrowgrass, a folk-etymological form once common enough to enter dictionaries. Asparagine, an amino acid first isolated from asparagus juice, was named from the plant.

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