HyperDic: allium_cepa_viviparum

English > 1 sense of the expression *Allium cepa viviparum*:
NOUN	plant	Allium cepa viviparum, tree onion, Egyptian onion, top onion	type of perennial onion grown chiefly as a curiosity or for early salad onions

English > *Allium cepa viviparum*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	type of perennial onion grown chiefly as a curiosity or for early salad onions; having bulbils that replace the flowers.
Synonyms	tree onion, Egyptian onion, top onion
Broader	onion, onion plant, Allium cepa	bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide / worldwide for its rounded edible bulb