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ALLIUM ASCALONICUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Allium ascalonicum mean?
• ALLIUM ASCALONICUM (noun)
The noun ALLIUM ASCALONICUM has 1 sense:
1. type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning
Familiarity information: ALLIUM ASCALONICUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Allium ascalonicum; Allium cepa aggregatum; eschalot; multiplier onion; shallot
Hypernyms ("Allium ascalonicum" is a kind of...):
Allium cepa; onion; onion plant (bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb)
Meronyms (parts of "Allium ascalonicum"):
shallot (small mild-flavored onion-like or garlic-like clustered bulbs used for seasoning)
shallot (aggregate bulb of the multiplier onion)
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