allium
百合花,薤白,薤露,葱
Definitions
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- : any bulbous plant belonging to the genus Allium, of the amaryllis family, having an onion odor and flowers in a round cluster, including the onion, leek, shallot, garlic, and chive.
- : a substance occurring in garlic bulbs that has antibiotic properties.
Examples
The dried allium in some form — garlic powder, granulated garlic and garlic salt — has been part of my palate since I was a child enjoying my mother’s recipes.
I found myself making turkey chili, turkey sloppy joes, turkey tacos and turkey kofta kebabs regularly — all dishes that demand assertive seasoning, be it spices, sauces, alliums or herbs.
The combination of the rare, limited availability of these little alliums and the brief window in which they’re available makes them highly coveted among the type of people who obsess about their produce.
In most cultures, onions and other alliums are generally used as a component of a dish, not the main attraction.
Any of these varieties of alliums will deliver some kind of onion flavor.
In Tennessee and West Virginia, festivals are held to celebrate allium tricoccum, which are also known as wild leeks.
Moly seems to have been Allium moly, one of the onion or garlic family.
From all these facts I am led to believe that Allium ascalonicum is not a species.
And here we find in several places the bulblets of a wild garlic, Allium Canadense, which grows on the river bottom.
Regel, in 1875, in his monograph of the genus Allium, declares he has only seen the shallot as a cultivated species.
The Allium neapolitanum is the finest white-flowered variety, and is exceedingly valuable for bouquets and vase decoration.