asparagus fern

English

Noun

asparagus fern (plural asparagus ferns)

1. Any of several plants in the genus Asparagus which are grown for their ornamental fern-like foliage.
   1. Asparagus aethiopicus (emerald-feather, emerald-fern, sprengeris-fern, Sprenger's-fern, emerald-fern), of southern Africa.
   2. Asparagus densiflorus (Sprenger's asparagus fern), of southern Africa.
   3. Asparagus setaceus (syn. Asparagus plumosus, emerald asparagus fern), of tropical and southern Africa.
   4. Asparagus virgatus, of tropical and southern Africa.

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  Asparagus aethiopicus 'Sprengeri'
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  Asparagus densiflorus 'Myersii'
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  Asparagus setaceus