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ALLIUM CEPA VIVIPARUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Allium cepa viviparum mean?
• ALLIUM CEPA VIVIPARUM (noun)
The noun ALLIUM CEPA VIVIPARUM has 1 sense:
1. type of perennial onion grown chiefly as a curiosity or for early salad onions; having bulbils that replace the flowers
Familiarity information: ALLIUM CEPA VIVIPARUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ALLIUM CEPA VIVIPARUM (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type of perennial onion grown chiefly as a curiosity or for early salad onions; having bulbils that replace the flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Allium cepa viviparum; Egyptian onion; top onion; tree onion
Hypernyms ("Allium cepa viviparum" is a kind of...):
Allium cepa; onion; onion plant (bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb)
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