Sparagus

Full definition of sparagus

Noun

1. Obsolete form of asparagus
• 1744, John Wilson, A synopsis of British plants, in Mr. Ray's method, with their characters, descriptions, places of growth, time of flowering, and physical virtues (page 124)The young shoots, commonly call'd Sparagus, are; pleasant and wholsome food, of a cleansing nature, and light digestion, provoking urine, to which they give a fætid stinking smell.