asparagus
- noun
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A vegetable with long thin green or white stems and pointed tips, cooked and eaten as a side dish.
We had grilled asparagus with butter and a slice of lemon.
Fresh asparagus appears in the shops only for a few weeks.
Boil the asparagus for three minutes, then rinse it in cold water.
She cut off the woody ends of each asparagus spear.
Common collocations: green asparagus · white asparagus · a bunch of asparagus · asparagus spears · grilled asparagus · asparagus soup
Part of: Vegetables, Cooking
Forms
- plural
- asparagus (nepočitatelné; jednotlivé výhonky = asparagus spears)