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asparagusy en · ADJ

Etymology

From asparagus + -y.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of asparagus.
   • ODOR MOLECULES […] • thiols, which smell garlicky, asparagusy, and gassy 2015, Patrick Di Justo, This Is What You Just Put in Your Mouth?: From Eggnog to Beef Jerky, the Surprising Secrets of What’s Inside Everyday Products, Three Rivers Press, →ISBN:
   • In order to temper Sea Kale’s somewhat bitter demeanor, the shoots are blanched with Sea Kale pots (or by heaping soil upon them), and, when harvested at 6 to 10 inches long in April, they are famously “asparagusy,” mild, and tender. 2005, Jack Staub, 75 Exciting Vegetables for Your Garden, Salt Lake City, Utah: Gibbs Smith, →ISBN, page 193:
   • “Sorry,” I told her, then him, smelling a damp asparagusy odor, peyes grazing our heads as I navigated around his potbelly. 2002, Nick Fowler, A Thing (or Two) About Curtis and Camilla, New York, N.Y.: Pantheon Books, →ISBN, page 89:
   • Montana’s most famous wine, certainly as far as export markets are concerned, is its asparagusy Sauvignon Blanc, but it also produces a good range of Chardonnays and two excellent Pinot Noir/Chardonnay sparkling wines, Lindauer and Marlborough Cuvée, the second of which is the result of a felicitous joint-venture with Champagne house Deutz. 1992, Tim Atkin, Chardonnay, Viking, →ISBN, page 226:
   • I used to sniff his wee-sodden nappies when he was little for that asparagusy tang of baby, my baby. 2010, Polly Williams, How to Be Married, Headline Review, published 2011, →ISBN:
   • Murphy also reckoned it would be even better in 12 months’ time and liked its “asparagusy” character. 1989, John Higgins, “Wines worth a second look”, in The Director, page 148:
   • Who knows what honour they might have bestowed had they tasted van Zyl’s sometimes asparagusy Sauvignon. 2001, John Platter, South African Wines 2001, →ISBN, page 356:

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