"asparagusy" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1989, John Higgins, “Wines worth a second look”, in The Director, page 148",
          "text": "Murphy also reckoned it would be even better in 12 months’ time and liked its “asparagusy” character.",
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          "ref": "1992, Tim Atkin, Chardonnay, Viking, page 226",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2001, John Platter, South African Wines 2001, page 356",
          "text": "Who knows what honour they might have bestowed had they tasted van Zyl’s sometimes asparagusy Sauvignon.",
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          "ref": "2002, Nick Fowler, A Thing (or Two) About Curtis and Camilla, New York, N.Y.: Pantheon Books, page 89",
          "text": "“Sorry,” I told her, then him, smelling a damp asparagusy odor, peyes grazing our heads as I navigated around his potbelly.",
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          "ref": "2005, Jack Staub, 75 Exciting Vegetables for Your Garden, Salt Lake City, Utah: Gibbs Smith, page 193",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2010, Polly Williams, How to Be Married, Headline Review, published 2011",
          "text": "I used to sniff his wee-sodden nappies when he was little for that asparagusy tang of baby, my baby.",
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          "ref": "2015, Patrick Di Justo, This Is What You Just Put in Your Mouth?: From Eggnog to Beef Jerky, the Surprising Secrets of What’s Inside Everyday Products, Three Rivers Press",
          "text": "ODOR MOLECULES […] • thiols, which smell garlicky, asparagusy, and gassy",
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        "Resembling or characteristic of asparagus."
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