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Allium
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Allium
a genus of plants belonging to the Liliaceae family; contain N-propyl-disulfide. A constant heavy diet of many species causes severe hemolytic anemia. Includes A. ameloprasm (wild onion), A. canadense (wild onion), A. cepa (cultivated onion), A. sativum (garlic), A. schoenprasm (chives), A. triquetrum (three-cornered garlic), A. ursinum (wild garlic), A. validum (wild onion), A. vineale (false garlic).
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The following bulbs are considered moderately shade-tolerant: hyacinth, arum, ornamental onion or alium, fritillaria, erythronium, puschkinia, chinodoxa.
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And yet paradoxically, as if in concert with the polyphony of Tallis' Spem in Alium, we encounter a truly God-intoxicated woman.
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Quintilian, VIII, vi, 1: Tropus est verbi vel sermonis appropria significatione in alium virtute mutatio.
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