allium
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1. large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants: garlic; leek; onion; chive; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae as the type genus (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | liliid monocot genus, |
| definition | : | genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | alliaceous plant, |
| definition | : | bulbous plants having a characteristic pungent onion odor (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | wild onion, |
| definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Allium with edible bulbs found growing wild (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | allium acuminatum, hooker's onion, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | family liliaceae, liliaceae, lily family, |
| definition | : | includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae (noun.plant) |
| derivation | : | alliaceous, |
| definition | : | of or pertaining to the botanical genus Allium (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | alliaceous, |
| definition | : | of or pertaining to the botanical genus Allium (adj.pert) |
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