"asparagus fern" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: asparagus ferns [plural]
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  1. Any of several plants in the genus Asparagus which are grown for their ornamental fern-like foliage.
    Asparagus aethiopicus (emerald-feather, emerald-fern, sprengeris-fern, Sprenger's-fern, emerald-fern), of southern Africa.
    Categories (lifeform): Asparagus family plants
    Sense id: en-asparagus_fern-en-noun-P4mntZrK Disambiguation of Asparagus family plants: 24 27 24 24
  2. Any of several plants in the genus Asparagus which are grown for their ornamental fern-like foliage.
    Asparagus densiflorus (Sprenger's asparagus fern), of southern Africa.
    Categories (lifeform): Asparagus family plants
    Sense id: en-asparagus_fern-en-noun-HwZNpLcB Disambiguation of Asparagus family plants: 24 27 24 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 42 19 19 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 21 38 21 21 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 20 41 20 20
  3. Any of several plants in the genus Asparagus which are grown for their ornamental fern-like foliage.
    Asparagus setaceus (syn. Asparagus plumosus, emerald asparagus fern), of tropical and southern Africa.
    Categories (lifeform): Asparagus family plants
    Sense id: en-asparagus_fern-en-noun-AStneXGl Disambiguation of Asparagus family plants: 24 27 24 24
  4. Any of several plants in the genus Asparagus which are grown for their ornamental fern-like foliage.
    Asparagus virgatus, of tropical and southern Africa.
    Categories (lifeform): Asparagus family plants
    Sense id: en-asparagus_fern-en-noun-RdkKAAnx Disambiguation of Asparagus family plants: 24 27 24 24

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