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NODDING WILD ONION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nodding wild onion mean? 

NODDING WILD ONION (noun)
  The noun NODDING WILD ONION has 1 sense:

1. widely distributed North American wild onion with white to rose flowersplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


NODDING WILD ONION (noun)


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 ("nodding wild onion" is a kind of...):

wild onion (any of various plants of the genus Allium with edible bulbs found growing wild)


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