Noun asparagus has 2 senses
  1. asparagus, edible asparagus, Asparagus officinales - plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable
    --1 is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
    --1 is a member of genus Asparagus
    --1 has parts: asparagus
  2. asparagus - edible young shoots of the asparagus plant
    --2 is a kind of
    vegetable, veggie
    --2 is a part of asparagus, edible asparagus, Asparagus officinales
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