| NOUN | plant | 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 |
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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 | Allium acuminatum | |
| 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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