asparagusy

comparative more asparagusy · superlative most asparagusy · alternative asparagussy

1. Resembling or characteristic of asparagus.

   I used to sniff his wee-sodden nappies when he was little for that asparagusy tang of baby, my baby.

   2010, Polly Williams, How to Be Married, Headline Review, published 2011, →ISBN

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   Murphy also reckoned it would be even better in 12 months’ time and liked its “asparagusy” character.

   1989, John Higgins, “Wines worth a second look”, in The Director, page 148

   Montana’s most famous wine, certainly as far as export markets are concerned, is its asparagusy Sauvignon Blanc, but it also produces a good range of Chardonnays and two excellent Pinot Noir/Chardonnay sparkling wines, Lindauer and Marlborough Cuvée, the second of which is the result of a felicitous joint-venture with Champagne house Deutz.

   1992, Tim Atkin, Chardonnay, Viking, →ISBN, page 226

   Who knows what honour they might have bestowed had they tasted van Zyl’s sometimes asparagusy Sauvignon.

   2001, John Platter, South African Wines 2001, →ISBN, page 356

   “Sorry,” I told her, then him, smelling a damp asparagusy odor, peyes grazing our heads as I navigated around his potbelly.

   2002, Nick Fowler, A Thing (or Two) About Curtis and Camilla, New York, N.Y.: Pantheon Books, →ISBN, page 89

   In order to temper Sea Kale’s somewhat bitter demeanor, the shoots are blanched with Sea Kale pots (or by heaping soil upon them), and, when harvested at 6 to 10 inches long in April, they are famously “asparagusy,” mild, and tender.

   2005, Jack Staub, 75 Exciting Vegetables for Your Garden, Salt Lake City, Utah: Gibbs Smith, →ISBN, page 193