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nounlarge genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants: garlic; leek; onion; chive; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae as the type genus
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- scallion plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum
- leek plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum
- family alliaceae one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes especially genus Allium
- allium tuberosum a plant of eastern Asia; larger than Allium schoenoprasum
- garlic chive a plant of eastern Asia; larger than Allium schoenoprasum
- wild onion any of various plants of the genus Allium with edible bulbs found growing wild
- brodiaea any of several plants of the genus Brodiaea having basal grasslike leaves and globose flower heads on leafless stems resembling those of genus Allium
- alliaceous of or pertaining to the botanical genus Allium
- oriental garlic a plant of eastern Asia; larger than Allium schoenoprasum
- william crookes English chemist and physicist; discovered thallium; invented the radiometer and studied cathode rays (1832-1919)