| NOUN | plant | Allium, genus Allium | large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants |
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| Meaning | 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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| Synonym | genus Allium | |
| Member of | Liliaceae, family Liliaceae, lily family | Includes species sometimes divided among the following families |
| Members | Hooker's onion, Allium acuminatum | A common North American wild onion with a strong onion odor and an umbel of pink flowers atop a leafless stalk |
| alliaceous plant | bulbous plants having a characteristic pungent onion odor | |
| wild onion | Any of various plants of the genus Allium with edible bulbs found growing wild | |
| Broader | liliid monocot genus | genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils |
| Spanish | allium, genus allium | |
| Catalan | allium, genus allium | |
| Adjectives | alliaceous | of or pertaining to the botanical genus Allium |
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