HyperDic: allium_acuminatum

English > 1 sense of the expression Allium acuminatum:
NOUNplantAllium acuminatum, Hooker's oniona common North American wild onion with a strong onion odor and an umbel of pink flowers atop a leafless stalk
English > Allium acuminatum: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA common North American wild onion with a strong onion odor and an umbel of pink flowers atop a leafless stalk; British Columbia to California and Arizona and east to Wyoming and Colorado.
SynonymHooker's onion
Member ofAllium, genus Alliumlarge genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants
Broaderwild onionAny of various plants of the genus Allium with edible bulbs found growing wild

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