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GENUS ASPARAGUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large genus of Old World perennial herbs with erect or spreading or climbing stems and small scalelike leaves and inconspicuous flowers; sometimes placed in family Asparagaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Asparagus" is a kind of...):
liliid monocot genus (genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)
Meronyms (members of "genus Asparagus"):
asparagus; Asparagus officinales; edible asparagus (plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable)
asparagus fern; Asparagus plumosus; Asparagus setaceous (a fernlike plant native to South Africa)
Asparagus asparagoides; smilax (fragile twining plant of South Africa with bright green flattened stems and glossy foliage popular as a floral decoration)
Holonyms ("genus Asparagus" is a member of...):
family Liliaceae; Liliaceae; lily family (includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae)
