Asparagus is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for ASPARAGUS in dictionary:

NOUN:
• any plant of the Asparagus genus, one species having young shoots eaten as a delicacy
• a tall plant of the lily family with fine feathery foliage, cultivated for its edible shoots.
• the tender young shoots of the asparagus plant, eaten as a vegetable.
• plant whose shoots are cooked as a vegetable
• A genus of perennial plants belonging to the natural order Liliaceae, and having erect much branched stems, and very slender branchlets which are sometimes mistaken for leaves. Asparagus racemosus is a shrubby climbing plant with fragrant flowers. Specifically: The Asparagus officinalis, a species cultivated in gardens.
• The young and tender shoots of A. officinalis, which form a valuable and well-known article of food.
• plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable
• edible young shoots of the asparagus plant
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• any of a genus (Asparagus) of Old World perennial plants of the lily family having much-branched stems, minute scalelike leaves, and narrow usually filiform branchlets that function as leaves; one (A. officinalis) widely cultivated for its edible young shoots

Words related to ASPARAGUS

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Words that contain ASPARAGUS

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How to use ASPARAGUS in a sentence

• When there are no pease to be had, you may put in the heads of asparagus, and if there be neither of these to be had, you may shred in a green savoy cabbage.
• It is in shape something like a huge asparagus, and about two feet high, being covered from top to bottom with tiny white-and-yellow blossoms, with a sweet but sickly perfume.
• At noon she went into the dining car and ordered a flaunting little repast of chicken salad and asparagus, and Neapolitan ice cream.
• There were twenty-three ways of eating asparagus known to the ancients.
• More prospective marriages have been marred through the abuse of asparagus at table than through mixed bathing at Tunbridge Wells.
• Nature gives us the key to every secret that concerns our happiness, and on the cultivation of Asparagus she is liberal in her teaching.
• In fact, raised beds render it possible to grow Asparagus on soils from which this vegetable could not otherwise be obtained.
• Asparagus roots do not take kindly to removal, especially old and established plants.
• Their preference is not based on mere superiority in size, but on the special flavour which is the peculiar merit of these extra-large Asparagus when they are properly grown.
• They should be served up in the same manner as Asparagus.
• They are dressed and served in the same way as Asparagus.
• Lay on a platter on squares of buttered toast, and pour over the toast and the tips of the asparagus a cup of cream sauce.
• They have had asparagus ever since the middle of March.
• He had called up Mary from down-town to tell her that he was bringing home fresh asparagus.
• Also she began to Entertain, and the first time she served Hot-House Asparagus in January, the House rocked on its Foundations.
• The water in which asparagus has been boiled, if drunk, though somewhat disagreeable, is beneficial against rheumatism.
• At Kynance Cove in Cornwall, there is an island called Asparagus Island, from the abundance in which the plant is found there.
• Asparagus cooked in bunches is well done, if, when held by the thick end in a horizontal position between the fingers, it only bends lightly and does not fall heavily down.
• Now, since, as every one knows, asparagus takes four years in coming to perfection, this civility infuriated Monsieur de Beaufort.
• Root celery, parsley, onions, carrots, asparagus and potatoes are the best vegetables to add to the soup stock.
• ASPARAGUS Cut off the woody part, scrape the lower part of the stalks.

Similar words containing ASPARAGU without suffix s

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