what does genus Asparagus mean?
GENUS ASPARAGUS as NOUN
- 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
Hypernyms(s) genus Asparagus is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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