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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Onion  \On"ion\,  n.  [F.  ognon  fr  L.  unio  oneness,  unity,  a 
  single  large  pearl,  an  onion.  See  {One},  {Union}.]  (Bot.) 
  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  fish}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  grenadier. 
 
  {Onion  fly}  (Zo["o]l.)  a  dipterous  insect  whose  larva  feeds 
  upon  the  onion;  especially,  {Anthomyia  ceparum}  and 
  {Ortalis  flexa}. 
 
  {Welsh  onion}.  (Bot.)  See  {Cibol}. 
 
  {Wild  onion}  (Bot.),  a  name  given  to  several  species  of  the 
  genus  {Allium}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  onion 
  n  1:  edible  bulb  of  an  onion  plant 
  2:  bulbous  plant  having  hollow  leaves  cultivated  worldwide  for 
  its  rounded  edible  bulb  [syn:  {onion  plant},  {Allium  cepa}] 
  3:  pungent  bulb 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Onion 
  The  Israelites  in  the  wilderness  longed  for  the  "onions  and 
  garlick  of  Egypt"  (Num.  11:5).  This  was  the  _betsel_  of  the 
  Hebrews,  the  Allium  cepe  of  botanists,  of  which  it  is  said  that 
  there  are  some  thirty  or  forty  species  now  growing  in  Palestine. 
  The  onion  is  "the  'undivided'  leek,  _unio_,  _unus_,  one." 
 




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