onion weedn.
/ˈʌnjən ˌwiːd/, U.S. /ˈənjən ˌwid/, Australian English /ˈʌnjən ˌwiːd/, New Zealand English /ˈʌnjən ˌwiːd/ 1. Australian. Any of various onion-like plants of the family Liliaceae occurring in Australia, chiefly as naturalized weeds; esp. Asphodelus fistulosus, with white or pink five-petalled flowers and edible bulbs, native to southern Europe.
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1909 A. J. Ewart Weeds Victoria 60 Asphodelus fistulosus... This plant, known locally as the Onion Weed, is a native of Southern Europe.
1935 T. Rayment Cluster of Bees 264 The tiny pink funnel-flowers of the onion weed.
1974 S. L. Everist Poisonous Plants Austral. 353 Bulbinopsis bulbosa..native leek, also known as onion weed or wild onion. The last two common names are also applied to many unrelated plants with narrow, succulent leaves.
1990 New Phytologist 115 209 Their hosts..are common weeds in similar climatic areas of Australia... These include Puccinia barbeyi infecting onion weed (Asphodelus fistulosus).
2. New Zealand. Any of several plants of the onion genus Allium occurring in New Zealand as naturalized weeds.
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1973 R. D. McEldowney Arguing with My Grandmother 78 Onion weed grew all over Auckland.
1982 H. D. Wilson Stewart Island Plants 294 Allium triquetrum Three-cornered garlic... Onion weed... Native to: Europe and North Africa.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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