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Definition of Alliums
1. allium [n] - See also: allium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alliums
Literary usage of Alliums
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Eat Your Food! Gastronomical Glory from Garden to Gut: A Coastalfields ...by Aaron Brachfeld, Aaron Brachfeld and Mary Choate, Mary Choate by Aaron Brachfeld, Aaron Brachfeld and Mary Choate, Mary Choate (2007)
"alliums prefer lots of water, but many varieties are drought tolerant. alliums can
grow in shade or sun, heat or cold and are adapted to almost any climate. ..."
2. How Plants are Trained to Work for Man by Luther Burbank (1921)
"IMPROVING OTHER alliums My work with the other members of the family has been
fairly extensive, inasmuch as I have experimented first and last with about ..."
3. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"alliums are of the easiest cult., for which consult BULBS. For the vegetable-garden
members of ... I. Exotic garden alliums. л. fis. yellow. 1. Holy, Linn. ..."
4. Annual Report of the State Horticultural Society of Missouri by Missouri State Horticultural Society (1893)
"Narcissus, many lilies, Crocus, alliums, and many others, may be planted in or
rather under the sod, and year after year they will bloom and increase ..."
5. Dreer's Hints on the Growing of Bulbs by Henry A. Dreer, Ida Dandridge Bennett (1914)
"All of the alliums will do well in any ordinary garden soil and prefer a sunny
position. The bulbs are comparatively small and should not be planted more ..."
6. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1897)
"The" alliums are included by all authorities among the true Liliaceae, and comprise
some of our most beautiful as well as useful plants. ..."
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