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# asparagus

noun (asparagus — uncountable)

«asparagus» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A vegetable with long green, white or purple stalks with pointed tips, eaten cooked. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asparagus/#m1)
2. The plant it grows from. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asparagus/#m2)

### In the lessons

In food and science lessons about plants and healthy eating. A funny fact: asparagus can make some people's wee smell. Phrases: «asparagus spears», «a bunch of asparagus».

### Examples

- We had asparagus with our dinner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asparagus/#x1)
- Asparagus spears grow up from the soil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asparagus/#x2)
- Grandad grows asparagus in his garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asparagus/#x3)
- The asparagus season is in late spring. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asparagus/#x4)
- I tried asparagus soup at school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asparagus/#x5)
- Snap off the woody ends of the asparagus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asparagus/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable: «some asparagus», «spears of asparagus». Said «a-SPA-ra-gus».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «asparagus» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asparagus/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«asparagus» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/asparagus.html) on Mova free.