ALLIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Allium mean? 

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

1. large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants: garlic; leek; onion; chive; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae as the type genus

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALLIUM (noun)

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Meaning:

Large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants: garlic; leek; onion; chive; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae as the type genus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Allium; genus Allium

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

liliid monocot genus (genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)

Meronyms (members of "Allium"):

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)

Holonyms ("Allium" is a member of...):

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)

Derivation:

alliaceous (of or pertaining to the botanical genus Allium)

 Context examples 

The oil extracted from the cloves of Allium sativum.

(Garlic Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

A bulbous herb isolated from the plant Allium sativum with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Garlic, NCI Thesaurus)

The scientific name is Allium sativum.

(Allium sativum, NCI Dictionary)

The alcoholic extract of the bulb or whole garlic plant Allium sativum (Liliaceae) with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Garlic Extract, NCI Thesaurus)