Meanings
nounnodding onion (plural nodding onions)
plural nodding onions
- Allium cernuum, a wild onion native to North America.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounwidely distributed North American wild onion with white to rose flowers
Similar
nodding wild onionlady's leekAllium cernuum
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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APA
nodding onion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nodding%20onion
MLA
“nodding onion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nodding%20onion. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nodding onion,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nodding%20onion.
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