NOUN | plant | asparagus, edible asparagus, Asparagus officinales | plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable |
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food | asparagus | edible young / young shoots of the asparagus plant |
Sounds | ahspeh'rahgahs | |
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Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... |
Meaning | plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable. | |
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Synonyms | edible asparagus, Asparagus officinales | |
Member of | genus Asparagus | large genus of Old World perennial herbs with erect or spreading or climbing stems and small scalelike leaves and inconspicuous flowers |
Parts | asparagus | edible young / young shoots of the asparagus plant |
Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
Spanish | asparagus officinales, asparagus officinalis, espárrago | |
Catalan | espàrrec |
Meaning | edible young / young shoots of the asparagus plant. | |
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Part of | asparagus, edible asparagus, Asparagus officinales | plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable |
Broader | vegetable, veggie, veg | edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant |
Spanish | espárrago | |
Catalan | espàrrec, esparreguera |
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