Meaning of ALLIUM
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | [n] large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants: garlic; leek; onion; chive; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae as the type genus |
| |
| | Websites: | | |
| |
| | Synonyms: | | genus Allium |
| |
| | See Also: | | alliaceous plant, Allium acuminatum, family Liliaceae, Hooker's onion, Liliaceae, liliid monocot genus, lily family, wild onion | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | \Al"li*um\, n. [L., garlic.] (bot.)
A genus of plants, including the onion, garlic, leek, chive,
etc.
|
| |
|
|