Research Results For 'Jack-by-the-hedge'

ALLIACEOUS

Alliaceous plants are plants belonging to the genus Allium of the order Liliaceae, that to which the onion, leek, garlic, shallot, etc, belong, or to other allied genera, and distinguished by a certain peculiar pungent smell and taste characterized as alliaceous. This flavour is also found in a few plants having no botanical affinities with the above, as in the Alluaria officinalis or jack-by-the-hedge, a plant of the order Cruciferae.
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ALLIARIA

Alliaria is a genus of plant of the family Cruciferae, containing two species, one of which Alliaria officinalis, commonly called jack-by-the-hedge, is widely spread in Europe, and often used as a pot-herb.
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JACK-BY-THE-HEDGE

Jack-by-the-hedge (Alliaria officinalis) is a white-flowered biennial plant growing to 70 centimetres high.
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