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Meaning of onion grass | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Species of Melica, especially Melica bulbosa and Melica subulata.
  2. Any of several species of non-native grasses of the genus Romulea, including Romulea rosea.
  3. Wild 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.

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Examples

“Peter Latz […] described the technique of women harvesting the tubers of onion grass […].”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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