asparagus

asparagus englannista suomeksi

1. parsa

0. Substantiivi

1. ruokaparsa, parsa

2. parsa

asparagus englanniksi

1. Any of various perennial plants of the genus (taxfmt) having leaflike stems, scalelike leaves, and small flowers.

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2. The young shoots of (taxfmt) eaten as a vegetable.

3. A green colour, like that of an asparagus.

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4. (l); shoot, sprout-like asparagus, samphire

5. (quote-book)|author=the Elder|Marcus Porcius Cato|title=agri cultura|De agri cultura|url=http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/cato/cato.agri.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403090853/http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/cato/cato.agri.html|archivedate=2022-04-03|section=chapter 161|text=Deinde fossulās facitō, quō rādīcēs asparagī dēmittās.|t=Then make little ditches to drop the asparagus roots into.

6. (quote-book)|author=Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus|title=Vita Caesarum|De Vita Caesarum|chapter=Divus Augustus|section=chapter 87|text=Cōtīdiānō sermōne quaedam frequenter et nōtābilius ūsurpāsse eum Augustum, litterae ipsius autographae ostendunt, in quibus ... ad exprimendam festīnātae reī vēlōcitātem, ''celerius quam asparagī cocuntur''; ...|t=That in daily conversation he Augustus often and famously used certain expressions, his own handwritten letters show; among these, ... to express the speed of a thing done quickly, ''faster than asparaguses are cooked''; ...

7. (l)