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Definition of Allium vineale
1. Noun. Pungent Old World wild onion.
Generic synonyms: Wild Onion
Lexicographical Neighbors of Allium Vineale
Literary usage of Allium vineale
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"allium vineale, L.—' Being at Mr. Raymond's, he assured me that cow garlick was a
... (1) allium vineale, L.—Lyte. (2) Allium ursinum, L.—W. Ches., Dev. ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"allium vineale, wild onion or wild garlic, a European species introduced into
the United States, is a troublesome weed, especially in New England pastures, ..."
3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"allium vineale L. Sp. PI. 299. 1753. Bulb ovoid, Г high or less, its coats membranous.
Stem i°-3° tall, bearing 2-4 narrowly linear terete hollow somewhat ..."
4. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter, John Kunkel Small (1903)
"allium vineale L. WILD OR FIELD GARLIC. (Man. p. 263 ; IF /. 996.) In fields and
meadows, Conn, to Ohio, ..."