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Definition of Asparagus
1. Noun. Plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Asparagus
2. Noun. Edible young shoots of the asparagus plant.
Group relationships: Asparagus Officinales, Edible Asparagus
Definition of Asparagus
1. n. A genus of perennial plants belonging to the natural order Liliaceæ, and having erect much branched stems, and very slender branchlets which are sometimes mistaken for leaves. Asparagus racemosus is a shrubby climbing plant with fragrant flowers. Specifically: The Asparagus officinalis, a species cultivated in gardens.
Definition of Asparagus
1. Noun. Any of various perennial plants of the genus ''Asparagus'' having leaflike stems, scalelike leaves, and small flowers. ¹
2. Noun. The young shoots of ''Asparagus officinalis'' eaten as a vegetable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Asparagus
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Medical Definition of Asparagus
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Asparagus
Literary usage of Asparagus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report by New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station Botanical Dept (1908)
"One report contains the following statement: "The asparagus here is in fine
condition, ... Another writes that: "The asparagus fields in this vicinity, ..."
2. Fungous Diseases of Plants, with Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"The fungus causing asparagus rust was described a century ago, and the effects
of this fungus upon the asparagus plant have been known perhaps almost as ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The young shoots of asparagus officinalis have from very remote times been in high
... The roots of asparagus were formerly used as an aperient medicine, ..."
4. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1876)
"asparagus. This delicious vegetable is supposed to have come into use as food
about two hundred years before the Christian era. Its excellent qualities are ..."
5. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1917)
"The edible asparagus is the young, fresh, undeveloped shoots taken at an early
period of ... There is a number of varieties of asparagus, among which may be ..."
6. The Home Cook Book: A Collection of Practical Receipts by Expert Cooks (1905)
"When the asparagus is cooked tender reserve a cup of it, ... Rub the remainder
of the asparagus through a colander or sieve and put back in the water in ..."
7. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1856)
"For pains in the loins and kidneys asparagus- seed 15 is administered in doses of
... It is said that if a person is rubbed with asparagus beaten up in oil, ..."
8. The Boston Cooking-school Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1896)
"asparagus is often broken in inch pieces for boiling, cooking tips a shorter time
... asparagus on Toast. Serve Boiled asparagus on Buttered or Milk Toast. ..."
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