Alliaceae

9.3

A group of plants that make flowers and include onions and garlic

noun
/ˌæl.iˈeɪ.si.i/

Specialized

: Aliáceas

Herbalists often use plants from the Alliaceae family, such as garlic, for their medicinal properties.

Examples

Many popular vegetables, such as onions and garlic, belong to the Alliaceae family.
The Alliaceae family includes common ingredients like leeks and chives that enhance the flavor of dishes.
Sauce, pickle slices, garlic, Allium sativum, Alliaceae, Mediterranean sauce, lettuce.

Academic text (2008)

Surface Forms

Alliaceae singular

Alliaceas plural

Morphology

Alliaceae = Allium (opaque) = alli + aceae

The form is regularly built from the genus stem 'Allium' + the botanical family suffix '-aceae', which is morphologically regular though specialized.

Etymology

Alliaceae comes from the plant name Allium, which means 'garlic' and includes onions, garlic, leeks and chives, together with the family ending -aceae meaning 'group of plants'. So Alliaceae literally means the 'garlic family', which is why it names the group of onion- and garlic-like plants.