Allium cernuum

Translingual

Allium cernuum

Proper noun

Allium cernuum n

A taxonomic species within the family Amaryllidaceae – nodding onion, a species native to North America of leaves like grass cultivated almost exclusively for its pulchritudinous flowers of rose colour and bell shape though edible.

Hypernyms

(species): Asparagales - order; Amaryllidaceae - family; Allioideae - subfamily; Allieae - tribe; Allium - genus; Allium subg. Amerallium - subgenus; Allium sect. Lophioprason - section; Allium subsect. Cernua - subsection

References

Allium cernuum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Allium cernuum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Allium cernuum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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