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FLOWERING ONION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flowering onion mean? 

FLOWERING ONION (noun)
  The noun FLOWERING ONION has 1 sense:

1. European onion with white flowersplay

  Familiarity information: FLOWERING ONION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FLOWERING ONION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

European onion with white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Allium neopolitanum; daffodil garlic; flowering onion; Naples garlic

Hypernyms ("flowering onion" is a kind of...):

alliaceous plant (bulbous plants having a characteristic pungent onion odor)


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