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单词 allium
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Definition of allium in English:

allium

nounPlural 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.

Origin

Latin, 'garlic'.

Rhymes

gallium, pallium, thallium, valium
 
 

Definition of allium in US English:

allium

nounˈalēəm
  • 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.

Origin

Latin, ‘garlic’.

 
 
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