how to pronounce asparagus
/əˈspæɹ.ə.ɡəs/
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asparagus is pronounced in four syllables
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video examples of asparagus pronunciation
An example use of asparagus in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… you got peas carrots asparagus Monge too …”
meanings of asparagus
noun:
- The young shoots of Asparagus officinalis eaten as a vegetable.
- Any of various perennial plants of the genus Asparagus having leaflike stems, scalelike leaves, and small flowers.
- A green colour, like that of an asparagus.
asparagus frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR
the word asparagus occurs in english on average 1.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
topics asparagus can be related to
it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that asparagus can be often used in the following areas:
1) food and health;
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