noun. Any of numerous, usually bulbous plants of the genus Allium, having long stalks bearing clusters of variously colored flowers and including many ornamental and food plants, such as onions, leeks, chives, garlic, and shallots.

noun. The largest genus of plants of the natural order Liliaceæ, of about 300 species, natives, with few exceptions, of the northern temperate zone.

noun. A genus of plants, including the onion, garlic, leek, chive, etc.

noun. Any of many bulbous plants, of the genus Allium, related to onions and garlic

noun. large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants: garlic; leek; onion; chive; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae as the type genus

"Garlic, the most potent member of the family called allium that includes onions, shallots, chives and leeks, known for hundreds, if not thousands of years as a tool to ward off evil, may have gained this reputation for its wide-ranging health benefits."

liliid monocot genus  

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