Definitions
Vegetable with tender edible shoots, often served green.
Word origin
Borrowed 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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01“Green spear vegetable”9 letters
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