Definition of Nodding onion

1. Noun. Widely distributed North American wild onion with white to rose flowers.

Exact synonyms: Allium Cernuum, Lady's Leek, Nodding Wild Onion
Generic synonyms: Wild Onion

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nodding Onion

nodalized
nodalizes
nodally
nodated
nodation
nodations
nodded
nodder
nodders
noddies
nodding
nodding donkey
nodding donkeys
nodding groundsel
nodding off
nodding onion (current term)
nodding spasm
nodding thistle
nodding wild onion
noddingly
noddings
noddle
noddled
noddles
noddling
noddy
node
node of Aschoff and Tawara
node of Cloquet
node of Ranvier

Literary usage of Nodding onion

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

1. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"... cernuum Roth nodding onion Herbaceous perennial Dry, stony slopes and rocky shores, often on limestone. Allium oleraceum L. Field garlic Herbaceous ..."

2. Proceedings of the Ohio Academy of Science by Ohio Academy of Science (1901)
"... (nodding onion); Lacin- aria spicata (Gay feather Devils-bit) and Dryopteris thelypteris (Marsh Shield Fern.) In fig. 11, the Solid- agos are shown to ..."

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