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CLIMBING ONION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Much-branched leafless twining South African herb cultivated as an ornamental for its bright green stems growing from large aboveground bulbs
Synonyms:
Bowiea volubilis; climbing onion
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("climbing onion" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Holonyms ("climbing onion" is a member of...):
Bowiea; genus Bowiea (small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs with deciduous twining stems; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae)
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