asparagus
(əspærəgəs )
uncountable noun
Asparagus is a vegetable that is long and green and has small shoots at one end. It is cooked and served whole.
Add the asparagus into the same pan and fry for three to four minutes.
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Collocations:
white asparagus wild asparagus
My white asparagus soup was the standout dish.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Everyone is hysterically obsessed with white asparagus.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The cream of white asparagus soup with foie gras ice cream is a must and the scallops are softer than butter.
The Sun (2016)
Clouds of iridescent dragonflies dart along a stream and, in the sand among wild asparagus, we find the empty eggshells of a terrapin's nest.
Times, Sunday Times
I spend the entire weekend looking for wild asparagus - dreaming of wild asparagus omelettes - to no avail.
The Times Literary Supplement
With it was wild asparagus picked on the island and hard-boiled eggs.
Times, Sunday Times
The bruschetta was two small pieces of toasted bread, one topped with wilted dandelions and foraged leaves, the other with plain wild asparagus, the spears as slender as pencils.
Times, Sunday Times
Revolutions are supposed to begin with the whiff of cordite, not the subtle aroma of wild asparagus risotto.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 芦笋
Japanese: アスパラガス
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- artificial tree
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