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onion grass en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (US, uncountable, usually) Species of Melica, especially Melica bulbosa and Melica subulata.
  2. (Australia, uncountable, usually) Any of several species of non-native grasses of the genus Romulea, including Romulea rosea.
    • Peter Latz […] described the technique of women harvesting the tubers of onion grass […]. 2018, Bruce Pascoe, Dark Emu, Scribe, published 2020, page 54:
  3. (uncountable, usually) Wild or feral chives, garlic, or other species with grass-like leaves in the genus Allium, particularly Allium vineale, a wild herb native to Europe and western Asia, naturalised elsewhere; a common lawn weed.

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onion grasses Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

field garlic (Allium vineale) · wild garlic (Allium vineale) · crow garlic (Allium vineale) · wild scallion (Allium vineale) · wild onion (Allium vineale)

Translations (3)

ru лук виногра́дничный (Allium vineale) · fi helmikkä (plant of the genus Melica) · fi hietalaukka (Allium vineale)