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desert onion

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.77 in modern English

Syllables
de-sert o-nion
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Allium macropetalum, a species of wild onion.

Etymology

From desert + onion.

Inflected Forms

desert onions (plural)

Questions

What does desert onion mean?
Allium macropetalum, a species of wild onion.
Where does desert onion come from?
From desert + onion.

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