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Definition of allium in English: alliumnounPlural alliums ˈalɪəmˈalēəm A bulbous plant of a genus that includes the onion and its relatives (e.g. garlic, leek, and chives). Genus Allium, family Liliaceae (or Alliaceae) Example sentencesExamples - Allium moly is an ornamental allium, or flowering onion.
- A specialty crop of the Dutch, alliums are grown by nearly 50 flower bulb growers in Holland.
- The wide use of alliums as ornamental plants, however, is a more recent phenomenon, first gaining favor about the middle of the 19th century.
- With hundreds of tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, lilies, alliums and other bulbs to consider for planting this fall, catalogues give both the visual sizzle and nitty-gritty information needed to make smart choices.
- Consuming onions and other alliums like leeks and garlic also appears to lower rates of breast, esophageal, and stomach cancers.
Rhymes gallium, pallium, thallium, valium Definition of allium in US English: alliumnounˈalēəm A bulbous plant of a genus that includes the onion and its relatives (e.g. garlic, leek, and chives). Genus Allium, family Liliaceae (or Alliaceae) Example sentencesExamples - Allium moly is an ornamental allium, or flowering onion.
- A specialty crop of the Dutch, alliums are grown by nearly 50 flower bulb growers in Holland.
- The wide use of alliums as ornamental plants, however, is a more recent phenomenon, first gaining favor about the middle of the 19th century.
- Consuming onions and other alliums like leeks and garlic also appears to lower rates of breast, esophageal, and stomach cancers.
- With hundreds of tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, lilies, alliums and other bulbs to consider for planting this fall, catalogues give both the visual sizzle and nitty-gritty information needed to make smart choices.
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