Definition of False garlic

1. Noun. Pungent Old World wild onion.


Lexicographical Neighbors of False Garlic

false diphtheria
false diverticulum
false dogwood
false dominance
false dragon head
false dragonhead
false easting
false economy
false etymology
false face
false flat
false foxglove
false friend
false friends
false fruit
false garlic (current term)
false gavial
false glottis
false goatsbeard
false gromwell
false haematuria
false hair
false harmonic
false harmonics
false heather
false hellebore
false hermaphrodite
false hypertrophy
false image

Literary usage of False garlic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of the Flora of Jackson County, Missouri by Kenneth Kent Mackenzie, Benjamin Franklin Bush (1902)
"false garlic. Less than l° high: umbel 4-12-flowered : flowers yellowish-white, 4"-5" long.—Locally abundant in barrens near Westport, Leeds, Dodson, ..."

2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"About 10 species, the following in the United States, West Indies and Mexico, 8 or 9 in tropical i. Nothoscordum bivalve (L.) Britton. Yellow false garlic. ..."

3. Field, Forest, and Garden Botany: A Simple Introduction to the Common Plants by Asa Gray (1895)
"... the numerous glaucous leaves somewhat clustered. The leaves are used for soups and flavoring. Siberia. 33. NOTHOSCORDUM. (Greek••. false garlic. ..."

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