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ALLIUM CERNUUM
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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
Sense 1
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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