Greek : σπαράγγι Italian : asparago Japanese : アスパラガス Korean : 아스파라거스 Norwegian : asparges Polish : szparag European Portuguese : espargo Romanian : sparanghel Russian : спаржа Latin American Spanish : espárrago Swedish : sparris Thai : หน่อไม้ฝรั่ง Turkish [collinsdictionary.com]

The name 'sparrow grass' was still in common use in rural East Anglia, England well into the twentieth century.In Turkish, asparagus is known as kuşkonmaz, literally "[a] bird won't land [on it]", in reference to the shape of the plant. [en.wikipedia.org]

TURKISH : Kuşkonmaz (ISTA). URDU : اسپاراگيس (Apni) Asparagys (M. M. P. N. D ). VIETNAMESE : Măng tây. A number of types & cultivars illustrated at Harvest Moon Farms & Seed Company. [plantnames.unimelb.edu.au]

Japanese : アスパラガス Korean : 아스파라거스 Norwegian : asparges Polish : szparag European Portuguese : espargo Romanian : sparanghel Russian : спаржа Latin American Spanish : espárrago Swedish : sparris Thai : หน่อไม้ฝรั่ง Turkish : kuşkonmaz Ukrainian : спаржа Vietnamese [collinsdictionary.com]

VIETNAMESE : Măng tây. Asparagus scaber Brign. RUSSIAN : Спаржа шероховатая Sparzha sheroxovataia. Asparagus scandens Thunb. (GCW) (GRIN) SYNONYM(S) : Myrsiphyllum scandens (Thunb.) Oberm. [plantnames.unimelb.edu.au]

This variant site is at the extreme telomere of the long arm of chromosome 1 and is in the middle of a 1.6-Mb region, which contains a cluster of 50 olfactory genes. Variant sites in this region are in high linkage disequilibrium. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Beetroot, the red root of the garden beet used extensively as a food source, is known to produce red urine in some people following its ingestion, whereas others appear to be able to eat the vegetable with impunity. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In the globalised era, perhaps that is something to get excited about after all. [expatica.com]

Spring has arrived and boy are we ready to retire our fall squash recipes in favor of fresh and exciting spring ideas. There are a lot of yummy fruits and vegetables in season right now, but asparagus is one we're especially excited to cook with. [self.com]

Kate Prall, a Waitrose vegetable buyer, said: "This early season asparagus is exciting as we are offering the first taste of spring to our customers. [telegraph.co.uk]

I always get excited when Charles Gee, from Medley Manor Farm, makes that call to let me know that he has picked the first few bunches of asparagus. [web.archive.org]

I was excited to see that I could order one from Amazon when I felt like adding yet another one to my collection. [amazon.com]

It is a sadly neglected field. But I'm not the first to ask. In 1891 a scientist named "Nencki" had so very little to do that he convinced four guys to eat seven kilograms of asparagus (that's about three and a half pounds each). [web.archive.org]

"You can’t completely neglect it, but asparagus isn’t a high-maintenance plant," Aegerter said. "It is susceptible to a few serious diseases, but for the most part doesn’t have high fertilizer needs. [cjonline.com]

Dioscorides, a first century Greek physician, recommended extracts of asparagus root for treatment of urinary and kidney problems, jaundice and sciatica. [plantsoftheworldonline.org]