bog onion

noun

1

: jack-in-the-pulpit sense 1

2

[so called from its onion-shaped corm] : royal fern

3

[so called from the onion odor sometimes present in the timber] : an Australian tree (Owenia venosa) having foliage with an odor like garlic

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