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Definition of Alliaceae
1. Noun. One of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes especially genus Allium.
Generic synonyms: Liliid Monocot Family
Group relationships: Family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, Lily Family
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alliaceae
Literary usage of Alliaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin de la Classe physico-mathématique de l'Académie impériale des by Imperatorskai︠a︡ akademīi︠a︡ nauk (Russia). Otdelenie fiziko-matematicheskikh nauk (1845)
"... sub nomine T. alliaceae Lin. ¡il. ... non pro T alliaceae sed T. ...
tertio nomine (T. alliaceae) eandem plantam ..."
2. Flora of the Rocky Mountains and Adjacent Plains, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming by Per Axel Rydberg (1917)
"Alliaceae. ONION FAMILY. Perennial scapose herbs, with bulbs or corms and narrow
basal leaves. Flowers in terminal umbels subtended by or enveloped in a ..."
3. Astral Magic in Babylonia by Erica Reiner (1995)
"... are by orthographic necessity enumerated together, as for example the alliaceae,
whose names in Sumerian are composed with the element sum 'garlic' and ..."
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