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noun
Any of a large number of noncultivated plants that smell similar to, or otherwise resemble, domesticated onions, especially in the genus Allium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Broader terms: onion
noun
any of various plants of the genus Allium with edible bulbs found growing wild
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: alliaceous plant
Narrower terms: Hooker's onion, Allium acuminatum, nodding onion, nodding wild onion, lady's leek, Allium cernuum, crow garlic, false garlic, field garlic, stag's garlic, wild garlic, Allium vineale
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