| NOUN | plant | genus Asparagus | large genus of Old World perennial herbs with erect or spreading or climbing stems and small scalelike leaves and inconspicuous flowers |
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| Meaning | large genus of Old World perennial herbs with erect or spreading or climbing stems and small scalelike leaves and inconspicuous flowers; sometimes placed in family Asparagaceae. | |
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| Member of | Liliaceae, family Liliaceae, lily family | Includes species sometimes divided among the following families |
| Members | asparagus, edible asparagus, Asparagus officinales | plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable |
| asparagus fern, Asparagus setaceous, Asparagus plumosus | A fernlike plant native to South Africa | |
| smilax, Asparagus asparagoides | Fragile twining plant of South Africa with bright green flattened stems and glossy foliage popular as a floral decoration | |
| Broader | liliid monocot genus | genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils |
| Spanish | genus asparagus | |
| Catalan | genus asparagus | |
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