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ALLIUM CEPA VIVIPARUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Allium cepa viviparum mean? 

ALLIUM CEPA VIVIPARUM (noun)
  The noun ALLIUM CEPA VIVIPARUM has 1 sense:

1. type of perennial onion grown chiefly as a curiosity or for early salad onions; having bulbils that replace the flowersplay

  Familiarity information: ALLIUM CEPA VIVIPARUM used as a noun is very rare.


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ALLIUM CEPA VIVIPARUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Type of perennial onion grown chiefly as a curiosity or for early salad onions; having bulbils that replace the flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Allium cepa viviparum; Egyptian onion; top onion; tree onion

Hypernyms ("Allium cepa viviparum" is a kind of...):

Allium cepa; onion; onion plant (bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb)


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