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oniongrass

oniongrass is the alternative form of onion grass.

Meaning of onion grass

Noun

onion grass (usually uncountable, plural onion grasses)

  1. (US, usually) Species of Melica, especially Melica bulbosa and Melica subulata.
  2. (Australia, usually) Any of several species of non-native grasses of the genus Romulea, including Romulea rosea.
    • Peter Latz […] described the technique of women harvesting the tubers of onion grass […].2018, Bruce Pascoe, Dark Emu, Scribe, published 2020, page 54
  3. (usually) 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.
    Synonyms:
    crow garlic, field garlic, wild onion, wild scallion, wild garlic

Forms of oniongrass

pluraloniongrasses

Questions about oniongrass

What is oniongrass the alternative form of?
Oniongrass is the alternative form of onion grass.

Words near oniongrass in the dictionary

  1. onion-skinned
  2. onion-y
  3. onioned
  4. onionet
  5. onionets
  6. oniongrass
  7. oniongrasses
  8. onionier
  9. onioniest
  10. onionin A
  11. onioniness

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