| 单词 | asparagus |
| 释义 | asparagus (once / 2821 pages) n Asparagus is a bright green vegetable that is tender and sweet when it's cooked. Asparagus grows straight up out of the ground in a spear shape. The plant that grows familiar asparagus spears is actually a relative of the lily — it's considered to be a flowering plant, and a perennial, or a plant that returns every year. Asparagus has been eaten for centuries, and is even pictured in some ancient Egyptian art. The word is also asparagus in Latin, from the Greek asparagos, possibly from a Proto-Indo-European word meaning "to spring up." WORD FAMILYasparagus: asparaguses USAGE EXAMPLESAsparagus on every plate in December suggests no pressing need here to be seasonally correct. Seattle Times(Dec 22, 2016) Recipes, packaged snacks and other foods of a certain hue include purple asparagus, purple cauliflower, purple sweet potatoes, black rice, acai and more. Time(Dec 19, 2016) Also in trouble are wild relatives of the sunflower, such as the Anomalus sunflower, the chickpea and asparagus. The Guardian(Dec 08, 2016) 1n plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable Syn|Hyper Asparagus officinales, edible asparagus herb, herbaceous plant a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests 2n edible young shoots of the asparagus plant Hyper veg, vegetable, veggie edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant |
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