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asparagus

asparagus, asparagus

aspărăgus (asph-, App. Herb. 84), i, m., = ἀσπάραγος (ἀσφ-).
  • Asparagus, Cato R. R. 6, 3; 6, 61, Col. 11, 3, 45; Plin. 19, 8, 42, § 145 sqq.; 19, 4, 19, § 54; Juv. 11, 69; Suet. Aug. 87 (perh. in Varr. ap. Non. p. 550, 11, asparagos should be read instead of sparagos).—
  • II A sprout, a shoot, like asparagus, Plin. 23, 1, 17, § 24; 21, 15, 54, § 91.

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