NOUN | plant | Allium acuminatum, Hooker's onion | a common North American wild onion with a strong onion odor and an umbel of pink flowers atop a leafless stalk |
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Meaning | A 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. | |
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Synonym | Hooker's onion | |
Member of | Allium, genus Allium | large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants |
Broader | wild onion | Any of various plants of the genus Allium with edible bulbs found growing wild |
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