asparagus asparagoides

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   fragile twining plant of South Africa with bright green flattened stems and glossy foliage popular as a floral decoration

   Synonymssmilax

   Broadervine

   Part ofgenus Asparagus

Questions about asparagus asparagoides

What does asparagus asparagoides mean?

asparagus asparagoides means "fragile twining plant of South Africa with bright green flattened stems and glossy foliage popular as a floral decoration".

What is another word for asparagus asparagoides?

Close synonyms include smilax. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is asparagus asparagoides a common word?

asparagus asparagoides is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.