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al·li·um
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alliaceous
of or relating to Allium, a genus of plants that have a strong onion or garlic smell and often have bulbs: family Alliaceae. The genus occurs in the N hemisphere and includes onion, garlic, leek, chive, and shallot -
garlic
a hardy plant, Allium sativum, of the amaryllis family whose strongly, pungent bulb is used in cookery and medicine. -
aioli
garlic mayonnaise -
chive
a small Eurasian purple-flowered alliaceous plant, Allium schoenoprasum, whose long slender hollow leaves are used in cooking to flavour soups, stews, etc -
giant garlic
an Asian plant, Allium giganteum, of the amaryllis family, having a large, dense, round cluster of lilac-colored flowers, grown as an ornamental. -
leek
a plant, Allium ampeloprasum, of the amaryllis family, allied to the onion, having a cylindrical bulb and leaves used in cookery.