Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A small spotted beetle (Crioceris asparagi) that infests and damages asparagus plants.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A name given to two species of leaf-beetles (Crioceridæ) of the genus Crioceris, C. asparagi (Linnæus) and C. duodecimpunctata (Linnæus), which prey upon the asparagus-plant. Both species were imported into the United States from Europe. Both the beetles and their larvæ feed upon the asparagus - plant, but the damage is principally done by the larvæ. C. asparagi is blackish beneath, the thorax being reddish above, and the elytra ornamented with yellowish spots of varying extent. C. duodecimpunctate is nearly uniformly reddish, the elytra having twelve small black spots. The larvæ of the two species resemble each other closely; they are nearly cylindrical, tapering somewhat toward the head, shining, and of a dirty olive-green color.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a small beetle (Crioceris asparagi) injurious to asparagus.
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Officious asaparagus
All things Asparagus officinalis
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asativum "Asparagus is a useful companion plant for tomatoes," Wikipedia opines. "The tomato plant repels the asparagus beetle, as do several other common companion plants of tomatoes, meanwhile asparagus may repel some harmful root nematodes that affect tomato plants."
This makes a curious, if utterly unscientific, sort of sense: red/green, long/round, vegetable/fruit... Apr 28, 2008