- 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
--1 is a kind of liliid monocot genus
--1 is a member of Liliaceae, family Liliaceae, lily family
--1 has members:asparagus, edible asparagus, Asparagus officinales; asparagus fern, Asparagus setaceous, Asparagus plumosus; smilax, Asparagus asparagoides