asparagus fern

Meanings

nounasparagus fern (plural asparagus ferns)

Any of several plants in the genus Asparagus which are grown for their ornamental fern-like foliage.
1. Asparagus aethiopicus (Sprenger's asparagus), of southern Africa.
2. Asparagus densiflorus of southern Africa.
3. Asparagus setaceus (syn. Asparagus plumosus, common asparagus fern), of tropical and southern Africa.
4. Asparagus virgatus, of tropical and southern Africa.

nouna fernlike plant native to South Africa

Similar

Asparagus setaceousAsparagus plumosus

Broader

herbherbaceous plant

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