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The genus that makes you cry now so dinner can be good later.
means The plant genus that includes onions, garlic, leeks, shallots, and chives — all pungent bulb vegetables grown for flavor.
from Straight from Latin 'allium,' the Roman word for garlic. The Romans ate the stuff by the clove (soldiers and laborers especially, as it was thought to give strength and stamina), so the name walked directly into botanical Latin with barely a detour, and from there into English as the scientific genus name covering the whole onion-and-garlic family.
- family ties
- onions, garlic, leeks, chives all related
- chemical warfare
- sulfur compounds evolved to repel grazing animals
- ornamental version
- giant purple pom-pom flowers, zero kitchen use
- ancient currency
- egyptians paid pyramid workers in garlic rations