GENUS ASPARAGUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Asparagus mean? 

• GENUS ASPARAGUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS ASPARAGUS has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: GENUS ASPARAGUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ASPARAGUS (noun)

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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

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Nouns denoting plants

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)