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asparagus
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Word definitions for asparagus in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Asparagus \As*par"a*gus\ ([a^]s*p[a^]r"[.a]*g[u^]s), n. [L., fr. Gr. 'aspa`ragos, 'asfa`ragos; cf. sparga^n to swell with sap or juice, and Zend [,c]paregha prong, sprout, Pers. asparag, Lith. spurgas sprout, Skr. sphurj to swell. Perh. the Greek ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Asparagus is a type of vegetable. Asparagus may also refer to: Asparagus (genus) , the name of a genus of plants Asparagus (color) , a brownish shade of green that resembles the plant asparagus
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Any of various perennial plants of the genus ''Asparagus'' having leaflike stems, scalelike leaves, and small flowers. 2 The young shoots of ''Asparagus officinalis'' eaten as a vegetable. 3 A green colour, like that of an asparagus.
Usage examples of asparagus.
Mayonnaise dressing is used for meat, fish, some varieties of fruit, as banana, apple and pineapple, and for some vegetables, as cauliflower, asparagus and tomatoes.
Have carrots cut in small cubes or straws, turnips and beet root the same, green string beans cut in small pieces, asparagus and peas, all cooked separately until tender.
When ready to serve, arrange the cups on shredded lettuce and fill with cooked asparagus tips, cold and mixed with mayonnaise or French dressing, as desired.
Set a row of sliced gherkins near the top, and fill in the space to the top with string beans or asparagus tips.
Make a sauce of the butter, flour, salt, paprica, and water in which the asparagus was cooked, or use half a cup of cream in the place of part of the asparagus liquor.
When the eggs are nicely poached, remove the eggs, with the asparagus below, on to rounds of toasted and buttered bread.
For three cups of peas make one cup of drawn-butter sauce, using as liquid the water in which the asparagus was cooked, or white stock.
Foods like asparagus, artichokes, Brussels sprouts, black-eyed peas, and sunflower seeds contain folate.
Continue broiling 4 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and asparagus is crisp-tender.
Olive oil, whole-grain pasta, and asparagus decrease the inflammatory gremlins that age your arteries.
Never mind, I had an established asparagus bed so I would be able to cut asparagus for our meals, also I could harvest early lettuce, broccoli and radishes, leeks and spring cabbages, winter cauliflower and winter spinach.
Since all but me were vegetarians I had made a dinner of cream of spinach soup with steamed turnip tops, broccoli quiche, asparagus risotto, cauliflower cheese and a mixed salad.
Fifteen pounds of cold tortellini salad, two hundred miniature asparagus tarts, three platters of herbed goat cheese, and a hundred and fifty spring rolls had no doubt been loaded back into the Right Touch Catering van.
And I dont have another menu featuring asparagus tarts scheduled for this week.
They had been in the middle of choosing between the asparagus tarts and miniature mushroom quiches.