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EDIBLE ASPARAGUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does edible asparagus mean? 

EDIBLE ASPARAGUS (noun)
  The noun EDIBLE ASPARAGUS has 1 sense:

1. plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetableplay

  Familiarity information: EDIBLE ASPARAGUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EDIBLE ASPARAGUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

asparagus; Asparagus officinales; edible asparagus

Hypernyms ("edible asparagus" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Meronyms (parts of "edible asparagus"):

asparagus (edible young shoots of the asparagus plant)

Holonyms ("edible asparagus" is a member of...):

genus Asparagus (large genus of Old World perennial herbs with erect or spreading or climbing stems and small scalelike leaves and inconspicuous flowers; sometimes placed in family Asparagaceae)


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