asparagus
UK/əˈspæɹ.ə.ɡəs//əˈspæɹ.ə.ɡəs/
asparagus noun: any of various perennial plants of the genus Asparagus having leaflike stems, scalelike leaves, and small flowers.
Noun
asparagus (plural asparagus or asparaguses or asparagusses or asparagi)
- Any of various perennial plants of the genus Asparagus having leaflike stems, scalelike leaves, and small flowers.
- Synonyms:
- sparrowgrass, sparagus, sparagrass
- The young shoots of Asparagus officinalis eaten as a vegetable.
- At the greenmarket, it’s still mostly potatoes and apples. There are no tender greens, fava beans, peas, asparagus, artichokes, sorrel, rhubarb or early strawberries.
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- At the greenmarket, it’s still mostly potatoes and apples. There are no tender greens, fava beans, peas, asparagus, artichokes, sorrel, rhubarb or early strawberries.
- A green colour, like that of an asparagus.
asparagus meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
asparagus in Hindi
- asparagus shoots (food)
- शतावर śatāvar, सतावर satāvar, शतावरी śatāvrī
asparagus in Tamil
- தண்ணீர்விட்டான் கொடி
asparagus in Urdu
- مار چوب
asparagus in Bengali
- অ্যাসপারাগাস, অ্যাস্পারাগাস, আস্পারাগাস
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- asparagus in Telugu
- శతావరి śatāvari
- asparagus in Kannada
- ಆಸ್ಪ್ಯಾರಗಸ್
- asparagus in Punjabi
- ਛਤਾਵਰ chatāvar
- asparagus in Gujarati
- અસ્પેરાગસ
- asparagus in Odia
- ଅସ୍ପାରାଗସ୍, ଆସ୍ପାରାଗସ୍, ଅଶ୍ପାରାଗସ୍
- asparagus in Nepali
- एस्परागस
- asparagus in Tagalog
- esparago
- asparagus in Arabic
- هِلْيُون hilyūn, هِلْيَوْن hilyawn
- asparagus in Malay
- akar parsi, sapersi, asparagus
- asparagus in Persian
- مارچوبه mârčube, مارگیاه mârgiyâh, سپارک sepârk
- asparagus in Thai
- หน่อไม้ฝรั่ง nɔ̀ɔ-máai-fà-ràng
- asparagus in Vietnamese
- măng tây
- asparagus in Myanmar
- ကညွတ်ပင် ka.nywatpang, ကညွတ်ရိုး ka.nywatrui:
Examples of asparagus in a sentence
- Sara and I were on the same page—tastefully relaxed and prone to treat asparagus as finger food.
- If so yes, it's better to give a blanching to the asparagi.
- Green asparagus has a more “vegetably” taste, a bit like peas.
Synonyms of asparagus
Forms of asparagus
| plural | asparagus |
|---|---|
| plural | asparaguses |
| plural | asparagusses |
| plural | asparagi |
Origin of asparagus
Borrowed from Medieval Latin asparagus, sparagus, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos), variant of ἀσφάραγος (aspháragos). Displaced Old English eorþnafola. Later became an eggcorn in dialect as sparrowgrass.
Words formed from asparagus
Phrases with asparagus
Questions about asparagus
- What does asparagus mean?
- Asparagus means any of various perennial plants of the genus Asparagus having leaflike stems, scalelike leaves, and small flowers.
- What is asparagus in Hindi?
- Asparagus in Hindi is शतावर (śatāvar), सतावर (satāvar), शतावरी (śatāvrī). See Asparagus meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is asparagus?
- Asparagus is a noun.
- How do you pronounce asparagus?
- Asparagus is pronounced /əˈspæɹ.ə.ɡəs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of asparagus?
- The plural of asparagus is asparagus.
Words near asparagus in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: asparagus (page history and authors); asparagus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); asparagus (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); asparagus (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); శతావరి (Telugu) (page history and authors); asparagus (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ਛਤਾਵਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); asparagus (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); asparagus (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); asparagus (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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