"onion grass" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: onion grasses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} onion grass (usually uncountable, plural onion grasses)
  1. (US) Species of Melica, especially Melica bulbosa. Tags: US, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-onion_grass-en-noun-nfcNzlSX Categories (other): American English
  2. (Australia) Any of several species of non-native grasses of the genus Romulea, including Romulea rosea. Tags: Australia, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-onion_grass-en-noun-tXnaxetC Categories (other): Australian English
  3. 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. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Alliums, Grasses, Iris family plants Synonyms (Allium vineale): crow garlic, field garlic, wild onion, wild scallion, wild garlic Translations (Allium vineale): hietalaukka (Finnish), лук виногра́дничный (luk vinográdničnyj) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-onion_grass-en-noun-VGa-ver5 Disambiguation of Alliums: 13 19 68 Disambiguation of Grasses: 15 35 50 Disambiguation of Iris family plants: 13 33 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 26 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 36 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 26 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 24 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 29 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 15 35 50 Disambiguation of 'Allium vineale': 13 19 68 Disambiguation of 'Allium vineale': 13 19 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (plant of the genus Melica): helmikkä (Finnish)
Disambiguation of 'plant of the genus Melica': 15 44 40

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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