asparagus

Meaning

Noun

• 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.
• A green colour, like that of an asparagus.

Origin

• Borrowed from Medieval Latin asparagus, sparagus, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος, variant of ἀσφάραγος. Displaced Old English eorþnafola.