Allium


Definition: Meaning of, Allium in English to English dictionary.

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Allium Alliums
  1. large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants: garlic; leek; onion; chive; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae as the type genus
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Allium used in phrases

  • Allium acuminatum (noun)
    1. a common North American wild onion with a strong onion odour and an umbel of pink flowers atop a leafless stalk; British Columbia to California and Arizona and east to Wyoming and Colorado
  • Allium ampeloprasum (noun)
    1. coarse Old World perennial having a large bulb and tall stalk of greenish purple-tinged flowers; widely naturalized
  • Allium ascalonicum (noun)
    1. type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavoured bulbs used as seasoning
  • Allium canadense (noun)
    1. north American bulbous plant
  • Allium carinatum (noun)
    1. eurasian bulbous plant
  • Allium cepa (noun)
    1. bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb
  • Allium cepa aggregatum (noun)
    1. type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavoured bulbs used as seasoning
  • Allium cepa viviparum (noun)
    1. type of perennial onion grown chiefly as a curiosity or for early salad onions; having bulbils that replace the flowers
  • Allium cernuum (noun)
    1. widely distributed North American wild onion with white to rose flowers
  • Allium fistulosum (noun)
    1. asiatic onion with slender bulbs; used as early green onions
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