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onionweed

onionweed noun: asphodelus fistulosus, an annual or short-lived perennial herb with a hollow stem and a large tuft of onion-like rounded hollow leaves.

Noun

onionweed (uncountable)

  1. Asphodelus fistulosus, an annual or short-lived perennial herb with a hollow stem and a large tuft of onion-like rounded hollow leaves.

Origin of onionweed

From onion + weed.

Questions about onionweed

What does onionweed mean?
Onionweed means asphodelus fistulosus, an annual or short-lived perennial herb with a hollow stem and a large tuft of onion-like rounded hollow leaves.
What part of speech is onionweed?
Onionweed is a noun.

Words near onionweed in the dictionary

  1. onionseeds
  2. onionskin
  3. onionskins
  4. oniontini
  5. oniontinis
  6. onionweed
  7. onionwood
  8. oniony
  9. oniric
  10. onirocritic
  11. onirocritics

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