Look up: Onion

1. Onion
   (Allium) These hardy bulbs grow wild in many parts of the world. Many of the varieties are commonly known vegetables such as the Chives, Garlic, Leek, Onion, Ramp and Shallot. Many kinds are grown for their pretty clusters of flowers, which come in an array of colors during the spring and summer. Some of the smaller kinds are great for the rock garden and some in the flower border. A. Rosenbachianum is one of the prettiest grown for its flowers. It produces rose-purple flowers on 2½- to 3-foot s…
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2. Onion
   The onion (Allium cepa) is a perennial herb of the order Liliaceae. It has an edible brown bulb which is much used in cooking and has been for thousands of years.
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3. Onion
   A pungent vegetable used in various fresh and dry forms (salt, powder, minced or chopped) as a seasoning.
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4. onion
   [n] - edible bulb of an onion plant 2. [n] - bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb 3. [n] - pungent bulb
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5. onion
   1)Allium cepa or its edible rounded bulb; 2)plants of other genera Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • the swollen part of a date palm shoot Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • related to the lily.There are two main classifications of onions--green onions and dry onions,which are simply mature onion…
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6. Onion
   On"ion noun [ French ognon , from Latin unio oneness, unity, a single large pearl, an onion. See One , Union .] (Botany) A liliaceous plant of the genus Allium ( A. cepa ), having a strong-flavored bulb and long hollow leaves; also, its bulbous root, much used as an article of food. The name is often extended to other species of the genus. Onion …
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7. onion
   <botany> A liliaceous plant of the genus Allium (A.cepa), having a strong-flavored bulb and long hollow leaves; also, its bulbous root, much used as an article of food. The name is often extended to other species of the genus. ... <zoology> Onion fish, a dipterous insect whose larva feeds upon the onion; especially, Anthomyia ceparum and …
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8. onion
   noun an aromatic flavorful bulb
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9. onion
   onion plant noun bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb
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10. Onion
    Many plants in the genus `Allium` are known by the common name `onion` but, used without qualifiers, it usually refers to `Allium cepa`. `Allium cepa` is also known as the `garden onion` or 'bulb' onion and 'shallot'.
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11. Onion
    Many plants in the genus `Allium` are known by the common name `onion` but, used without qualifiers, it usually refers to `Allium cepa`. `Allium cepa` is also known as the `garden onion` or 'bulb' onion and 'shallot'.
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12. Onion
    • (n.) A liliaceous plant of the genus Allium (A. cepa), having a strong-flavored bulb and long hollow leaves; also, its bulbous root, much used as an article of food. The name is often extended to other species of the genus.
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13. onion
    (species Allium cepa), herbaceous biennial plant and its edible bulb. The onion is probably native to southwestern Asia but is now grown throughout ... [3 related articles]
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14. onion
    onion (s), onions (pl) 1. A rounded edible bulb with hard pungent flesh in concentric layers beneath a flaky brown skin eaten raw or cooked as a vegetable. 2. Etymology: from about 1130, from Anglo-French, "union"; from Old French oignon (formerly, also oingnon), from Latin unionem a colloquial, rustic, Roman term for "a kind of onion"; ...
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