NOUN | plant | edible asparagus, asparagus, Asparagus officinales | plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable |
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Meaning | plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable. | |
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Synonyms | 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 |
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