Definition of Allium triquetrum

1. Noun. European leek naturalized in Great Britain; leaves are triangular.

Exact synonyms: Three-cornered Leek, Triquetrous Leek
Generic synonyms: Alliaceous Plant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Allium Triquetrum

Allium carinatum
Allium cepa
Allium cepa aggregatum
Allium cepa viviparum
Allium cernuum
Allium fistulosum
Allium haematochiton
Allium neopolitanum
Allium paradoxum
Allium porrum
Allium sativum
Allium schoenoprasum
Allium scorodoprasum
Allium sphaerocephalum
Allium tricoccum
Allium triquetrum
Allium tuberosum
Allium ursinum
Allium vineale
Allthing
Allu
Ally
Allyson
Alma
Alma-Ata
Almain
Almains
Almaty
Almayne
Almeida's disease

Literary usage of Allium triquetrum

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

1. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed: In which the Most by John Sims (1805)
"allium triquetrum. THREE-EDGED GARLICK. ... and Synonyms, ALLIUM triquetrum ... ALLIUM triquetrum. ..."

2. Journal of Science and the Arts by Royal Institution of Great Britain (1817)
"allium triquetrum. 319. HK If really meant for, the plant, HK The A. Ampeloprasum of the Flora Hungarica, quoted to this species m HK seems to us to belong ..."

3. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society by Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh, Wernerian Natural History Society (Edinburgh, Scotland) (1832)
"allium triquetrum, Lour. Cochin. p. 202. llnl,. in China et Cochinchina. Bulbus oblongus, parvus, albus. ..."

4. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1855)
"... some of them of course under a similar qualification: by some strange carelessness, allium triquetrum and Carex brizoides are altogether omitted. ..."

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