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ALLIUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants: garlic; leek; onion; chive; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae as the type genus
Synonyms:
Allium; genus Allium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Allium" is a kind of...):
liliid monocot genus (genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)
Meronyms (members of "Allium"):
alliaceous plant (bulbous plants having a characteristic pungent onion odor)
wild onion (any of various plants of the genus Allium with edible bulbs found growing wild)
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; British Columbia to California and Arizona and east to Wyoming and Colorado)
Holonyms ("Allium" is a member of...):
family Liliaceae; Liliaceae; lily family (includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Derivation:
alliaceous (of or pertaining to the botanical genus Allium)
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