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ALLIUM ASCALONICUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning

Synonyms:

Allium ascalonicum; Allium cepa aggregatum; eschalot; multiplier onion; shallot

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Allium ascalonicum" is a kind of...):

Allium cepa; onion; onion plant (bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb)

Meronyms (parts of "Allium ascalonicum"):

shallot (small mild-flavored onion-like or garlic-like clustered bulbs used for seasoning)

shallot (aggregate bulb of the multiplier onion)

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