Allium
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- noun
- /ˈæl.i.əm/
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Allium
- We made the most of our harvest by using four members of the allium family in one dish.
- Allium garlic
- Allium sativum
- Allium onion
One of those is garlic, obviously in the Allium family, but also onions.
- One of those is garlic, obviously in the Allium family, but also onions.
- Now another crop in the Allium family.
- Leak one of my favorite alliums to grow.
Examples
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Wild Allium, belonging to the onion, garlic, and leek family, bloom on the Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Washington.
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If it works, the scientists will be able to conserve many more native Allium species.
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One of those is garlic, obviously in the Allium family, but also onions.
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I'm just going to chop them while the alliums are sizzling.
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You can see right there we do have alliums, drumstick alliums in here.
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"Wild Allium seeds may need very specific conditions to germinate that we can't reproduce easily at the lab," Hellier says. "So we decided to see if we could maintain the collections in situ."
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Researchers found that allium vegetables can significantly reduce the risk of stomach cancer.
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Chive: the smallest member of the alliums; native to Europe and northern Asia; mild and delicate in flavor.
Compounds
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A North American wild onion with a strong onion smell and pink flowers on a leafless stem
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A wild onion plant with an edible bulb and thin green leaves native to North America
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A small onion with several joined bulbs and a mild taste used in cooking
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A small onion-like plant with a round bulb and purple or pink flowers used for food and decoration
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An onion that lives for many years and makes small bulbs on its stalks for salads
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A small onion that grows in clusters and is used to add a mild taste to food
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A wild onion plant from North America with drooping white or pink flowers
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A wild onion with white to deep red outer skins from California
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A small onion-like perennial plant with clusters of white star-shaped flowers
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A small wild garlic plant that makes small bulbs instead of flowers
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A small onion-like plant with thin hollow green leaves used to add mild onion flavor to food
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A plant with a bulb and strong tasting cloves used in cooking and medicine
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A European wild leek that people use like common leeks in cooking
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A herb with flat green leaves and small white flowers that people use in cooking for a mild garlic taste
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A wild onion with a strong, sharp smell that grows from bulbs in lawns and fields
Surface Forms
Etymology
Allium comes from the old Latin word allium, which means 'garlic', and botanists used it as the name for the group of plants that includes garlic, onions, leeks, and chives. So when you see Allium, think 'the garlic/onion family'.