Taber's Medical Dictionary
Asparagus
(ă-spar′ă-gŭs )
[L. fr. Gr. asparagos ]
A genus of liliaceous herbs. A. officianalis is cultivated as a vegetable for its edible shoots, which are a source of fiber, carotenoids, and vitamins C and K.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Asparagus." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729500/0/Asparagus.
Asparagus. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729500/0/Asparagus. Accessed October 9, 2025.
Asparagus. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729500/0/Asparagus
Asparagus [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 October 09]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729500/0/Asparagus.
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