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sparagus en · NOUN

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  1. (alt-of, obsolete, uncountable) Obsolete form of asparagus.
    alt of asparagus
    • The young shoots, commonly call'd Sparagus, are; pleasant and wholsome food, of a cleansing nature, and light digestion, provoking urine, to which they give a fætid stinking smell. 1744, John Wilson, A synopsis of British plants, in Mr. Ray's method, with their characters, descriptions, places of growth, time of flowering, and physical virtues, page 124:
    • Take young and tender ſparagus, break or cut them in ſmall pieces, and half fry them brown in butter, put into them eggs beaten with ſalt, and thus make your omlet. 1665, Robert May, The Accomplisht Cook, or The Art and Mystery of Cookery, London: […] R. Wood, for Nath[aniel] Brooke, […], page 434: