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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 flowers
Familiarity information: NODDING WILD ONION 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 ("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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