Associations to the word «Asparagus»

ASPARAGUS, noun. Any of various perennial plants of the genus Asparagus having leaflike stems, scalelike leaves, and small flowers.

ASPARAGUS, noun. The young shoots of Asparagus officinalis eaten as a vegetable.

ASPARAGUS, noun. A green colour, like that of an asparagus.

ASPARAGUS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae   — asparaguses.

ASPARAGUS BEETLE, noun. A small beetle (Crioceris asparagi) that is destructive to asparagus.

ASPARAGUS BEETLES, noun. Plural of asparagus beetle

ASPARAGUS FERN, noun. Any of several plants in the genus Asparagus which are grown for their ornamental fern-like foliage.

ASPARAGUS FERNS, noun. Plural of asparagus fern

ASPARAGUS OFFICINALIS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Asparagaceae   — the common asparagus or garden asparagus.

ASPARAGUS PEA, noun. A legume, Lotus tetragonolobus (synonym Tetragonolobus purpureus), with bright red flowers and edible seedpods that superficially resemble those of the winged bean.

ASPARAGUS PEA, noun. The winged bean, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

ASPARAGUS PEAS, noun. Plural of asparagus pea

ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Asparagaceae   — the shatavari.

ASPARAGUS, noun. Plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable.

ASPARAGUS, noun. Edible young shoots of the asparagus plant.