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ALLIACEOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Smelling of onions or garlic
Classified under:
Similar:
odorous (having odor or a characteristic odor)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or pertaining to the botanical genus Allium
Example:
onions, leeks, garlic, chives are alliaceous plants
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
Pertainym:
Allium (large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants: garlic; leek; onion; chive; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae as the type genus)
Derivation:
Allium (large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants: garlic; leek; onion; chive; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae as the type genus)
