Definition of "sparrowgrass" []

• Eastern U.S. Asparagus. (noun)

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• ""sparrowgrass," so handy to fill the black and yawning chasms of summer fireplaces and furnish green for "boquets.""
• "I called to see father last night, and had supper there; and you should have seen how lovely she were — eating sparrowgrass sideways, as if she were born to it."
• "Mind me now, and take the tops of your sparrowgrass."