Meaning

Resembling or characteristic of asparagus..

Example Sentences

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

ODOR MOLECULES […] • thiols, which smell garlicky, asparagusy, and gassy

Word Forms

• more asparagusy
• most asparagusy
• asparagussy

When Should You Use Asparagusy?

Use asparagusy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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