CLIMBING ONION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does climbing onion mean? 

• CLIMBING ONION (noun)
  The noun CLIMBING ONION has 1 sense:

1. much-branched leafless twining South African herb cultivated as an ornamental for its bright green stems growing from large aboveground bulbs

  Familiarity information: CLIMBING ONION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLIMBING ONION (noun)

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Meaning:

Much-branched leafless twining South African herb cultivated as an ornamental for its bright green stems growing from large aboveground bulbs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Bowiea volubilis; climbing onion

Hypernyms ("climbing onion" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("climbing onion" is a member of...):

Bowiea; genus Bowiea (small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs with deciduous twining stems; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae)