Any of various perennial plants of the genus Asparagus having leaflike stems, scalelike leaves, and small flowers. / The young shoots of Asparagus officinalis eaten as a vegetable.

Resembling or characteristic of asparagus.

A small beetle (Crioceris asparagi) that is destructive to asparagus.

plural of asparagus beetle

Asparagus aethiopicus, of southern Africa. / Asparagus densiflorus, of southern Africa. / Asparagus setaceus (syn. Asparagus plumosus), of tropical and southern Africa.

plural of asparagus fern

plural of asparagus pea

A legume, Lotus tetragonolobus (synonym Tetragonolobus purpureus), with bright red flowers and edible seedpods that superficially resemble those of the winged bean.

plural of asparagus bean

An east Asian type of bean with long, edible pods, the yardlong bean (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis).