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Definition of Allium
1. Noun. Large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants: garlic; leek; onion; chive; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae as the type genus.
Generic synonyms: Liliid Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, Lily Family
Member holonyms: Alliaceous Plant, Wild Onion, Allium Acuminatum, Hooker's Onion
Derivative terms: Alliaceous
Definition of Allium
1. n. A genus of plants, including the onion, garlic, leek, chive, etc.
Definition of Allium
1. Noun. Any of many bulbous plants, of the genus ''Allium'', related to onions and garlic ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Allium
1. a bulbous herb [n -S]
Medical Definition of Allium
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Allium
Literary usage of Allium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Many of the species are economically important; for instance, allium сера, ...
allium vineale, wild onion or wild garlic, a European species introduced into ..."
2. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1813)
"С '576 ] allium STELLATUM. ... It has many characters in common with the allium
cernuum of No. ..."
3. Journal of Science and the Arts by Royal Institution of Great Britain (1817)
"HK allium ciliare. 311. allium Victorialis. 265. HK allium Moly. 97. HK •allium
mutabile. 240. Michaux Seems scarcely distinct from A. ..."
4. Medicinal Plants: Being Descriptions with Original Figures of the Principal ...by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen (1880)
"The bulbs of other species of allium, more especially allium Cepa, the Onion,
... Garlic, Onion, and other species of allium, are very extensively used in ..."
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