Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun allium

1 sense of allium

Sense 1
Allium, genus Allium -- (large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants: garlic; leek; onion; chive; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae as the type genus)
       => liliid monocot genus -- (genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)