allium

[ al-ee-uhm ]

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noun

any bulbous plant belonging to the genus Allium, of the amaryllis family, having an onion odor and flowers in a round cluster, including the onion, leek, shallot, garlic, and chive.
a substance occurring in garlic bulbs that has antibiotic properties.

allium

/ ˈælɪəm /

any plant of the genus Allium, such as the onion, garlic, shallot, leek, or chive: family Alliaceae

Origin of allium¹

1800–10; < New Latin, Latin: garlic

Origin of allium¹

C19: from Latin: garlic

In Tennessee and West Virginia, festivals are held to celebrate allium tricoccum, which are also known as wild leeks.

Moly seems to have been Allium moly, one of the onion or garlic family.

From all these facts I am led to believe that Allium ascalonicum is not a species.

And here we find in several places the bulblets of a wild garlic, Allium Canadense, which grows on the river bottom.

Regel, in 1875, in his monograph of the genus Allium, declares he has only seen the shallot as a cultivated species.

The Allium neapolitanum is the finest white-flowered variety, and is exceedingly valuable for bouquets and vase decoration.

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