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

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  1. n. A genus of plants, including the onion, garlic, leek, chive, etc.
  2. A genus of plants, including the onion, garlic, leek, chive, etc.
  3. A genus of plants, including the onion, garlic, leek, chive,etc.
  4. n. large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants: garlic; leek; onion; chive; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae as the type genus