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asparagus

Any of a group of plants with small scalelike leaves and many fine, feathery branches. Native to Europe and Asia, Asparagus officinalis is cultivated and the tender young shoots (spears) are greatly prized as a vegetable. (Genus Asparagus, family Liliaceae.)



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