"wild onion" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wild onions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wild onion (plural wild onions)
  1. (botany) Any of a large number of noncultivated plants that smell similar to, or otherwise resemble, onions, especially in the genus Allium. Categories (topical): Botany Categories (lifeform): Alliums Translations (plant): 'uuner (Northern Ohlone), cebolla silvestre (Spanish)

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