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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 flowers
Familiarity information: FLOWERING ONION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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