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ALLIUM CERNUUM

Dictionary entry overview: What does Allium cernuum mean?

• ALLIUM CERNUUM (noun)
The noun ALLIUM CERNUUM has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: ALLIUM CERNUUM used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ALLIUM CERNUUM (noun)

Sense 1

Allium cernuum ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Widely distributed North American wild onion with white to rose flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Allium cernuum; lady's leek; nodding onion; nodding wild onion

Hypernyms ("Allium cernuum" is a kind of...):

wild onion (any of various plants of the genus Allium with edible bulbs found growing wild)

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