Asparagus



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 芦笋, 龙须菜 ( 可作蔬菜)

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural -gus)

• Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Latin, asparagus plant, from Greek asparagos; perhaps akin to Greek spargan to swell
• Date: 1545
• 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; especially one (A. officinalis) widely cultivated for its edible young shoots

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