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sparrowgrass

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spar⋅row⋅grass

  [spar-oh-gras, -grahs]
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–noun Informal.
asparagus.
Origin:
1650–60; by folk etymology
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spar·row·grass   (spār'ə-grās', spār'ō-)   
n.   Eastern U.S.
Asparagus.

[By folk etymology from sparagus, variant of asparagus.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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