HyperDic: asparagus_officinales

English > 1 sense of the expression Asparagus officinales:
NOUNplantAsparagus officinales, asparagus, edible asparagusplant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable
English > Asparagus officinales: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningplant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
Synonymsasparagus, edible asparagus
Member ofgenus Asparaguslarge genus of Old World perennial herbs with erect or spreading or climbing stems and small scalelike leaves and inconspicuous flowers
Partsasparagusedible young / young shoots of the asparagus plant
Broaderherb, herbaceous plantA plant lacking a permanent woody stem
Spanishasparagus officinales, asparagus officinalis, espárrago
Catalanespàrrec

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