Etymology

allium

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Today it means: Any of many bulbous plants of the genus Allium, including onions and garlic. Full definition →

taxonomic name Allium ← Latin allium
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromallium
  2. taxonomic name · borrowed fromAllium
  3. English todayallium

From taxonomic name Allium, from Latin allium.

Words from the same roots

Latinallium all →

alliaceousalliin

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