Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun genus_asparagus

1 sense of genus asparagus

Sense 1
genus Asparagus -- (large genus of Old World perennial herbs with erect or spreading or climbing stems and small scalelike leaves and inconspicuous flowers; sometimes placed in family Asparagaceae)
       => liliid monocot genus -- (genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)