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onion |
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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