Meanings
plural onion grasses
- USuncountableusuallySpecies of Melica, especially Melica bulbosa and Melica subulata.First known use 19th c.
- AustraliauncountableusuallyAny of several species of non-native grasses of the genus Romulea, including Romulea rosea.First known use 20th c.
Peter Latz […] described the technique of women harvesting the tubers of onion grass […].
2018, Bruce Pascoe, Dark Emu, Scribe, published 2020, page 54 - uncountableusuallyWild 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounWild 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.
Translations
Finnish hietalaukka, helmikkä
- hietalaukkaAllium vineale
- helmikkäplant of the genus Melica
Russian лук виногра́дничный
- лук виногра́дничный (luk vinográdničnyj)Allium vineale
Cite this entry
onion grass. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onion%20grass
“onion grass.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onion%20grass. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “onion grass,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onion%20grass.
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