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Look up: Allium

  1. Allium
    (Chives, Garlic, Leeks, Onion, Ramp, Scallion, Shallot) These hardy bulbs grow wild in many parts of the world. Many of the varieties are commonly known vegetables such as the Chives, Garlic, Leek, Onion, Ramp and Shallot. Many kinds are grown for their pretty clusters of flowers, which come in an array of colors during the spring and summer. Some of the smaller kinds are great for the rock garden and some in the flower border. A. Rosenbachianum is one of the prettiest grown for its flowers. It ...
    Found on http://www.botany.com/allium.html

  2. Allium
    Allium is a genus of plants of the order Liliaceae which are distinguished by a peculiar pungent smell and taste characterised as alliaceous. These include the onion, garlic, leek and shalot.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. Allium
    [n] - large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants: garlic
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Allium
    Genus that includes onions ( A. cepa ), leeks ( A. porrum ), and garlic ( A. sativum ).
    Found on http://www.mblab.gla.ac.uk/dictionary/

  5. Allium
    Al'li·um noun [ Latin , garlic.] (bot.) A genus of plants, including the onion, garlic, leek, chive, etc.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/58

  6. allium
    <botany> A genus of plants, including the onion, garlic, leek, chive, etc. ... Origin: L, garlic. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. Allium
    genus Allium noun large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants: garlic; leek; onion; chive; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae as the type genus
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. Allium
    `Allium` is the onion genus, with about 1250 species, making it one of the largest plant genera in the world. They are perennial bulbous plants that produce chemical compounds that give them a characteristic onion or garlic taste and odor, and many are used as food plants. `Allium` is classified in family Alliaceae although some classifications have included it in the lily family (Liliaceae). `Allium` species occur in temperate climates of the n...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allium

  9. Allium
    • (n.) A genus of plants, including the onion, garlic, leek, chive, etc.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. Allium
    (from the article `Alliaceae`) ...for the tropics, Australia, and New Zealand. Members of the family have corms, bulbs, or underground stems; most have long, thin leaves and ... ...is notable for species producing food and other useful products, on the one hand, and its many showy cultivated ornamental plants, on the other. ... [2 re...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/50

  11. Allium
    Allium is a Celtic girl name. The meaning of the name is `Pungent` The name Allium doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Allium seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/All


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21 November 2009

This day in history:
On 21st November 1974 the Provisional IRA plants bombs in two Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one people die and 182 are injured. A few minutes before the explosions a warning had been telephoned to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post and Mail, but it was far too late. The first Birmingham bomb, at the Mulberry Bush pub in the basement of the Rotunda, a 20-storey office and retail complex and it exploded six minutes after the telephone warning. There was not enough time for police to clear the area. Earlier that year nine soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on a coach on the M62 near Bradford, while two bombs in Guildford killed four soldiers and injured scores of other people. read more

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