genus allium

Noun
  1. Large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants: garlic;
    Leek;
    Onion;
    Chive;
    Sometimes placed in family Alliaceae as the type genus (synset 112451633)
    is a type of: liliid monocot genus - genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils
    member holonym:
    • alliaceous plant - bulbous plants having a characteristic pungent onion odor
    • wild onion - any of various plants of the genus Allium with edible bulbs found growing wild
    • allium acuminatum, hooker's onion - a common North American wild onion with a strong onion odor and an umbel of pink flowers atop a leafless stalk; British Columbia to California and Arizona and east to Wyoming and Colorado
    belongs to: family liliaceae, liliaceae, lily family - includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae
    same as: allium

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