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Meaning
noun plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable
noun edible young shoots of the asparagus plant
originBorrowed from Medieval Latin asparagus, sparagus, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos), variant of ἀσφάραγος (aspháragos). Displaced Old English eorþnafola. Later became an eggcorn in dialect as sparrowgrass.
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