Meaning of ONION
| Pronunciation: | | 'unyun
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- [n] pungent bulb
- [n] bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb
- [n] edible bulb of an onion plant
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| | Synonyms: | | Allium cepa, onion plant |
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| | See Also: | | alliaceous plant, Allium ascalonicum, Allium cepa aggregatum, Allium cepa viviparum, Allium fistulosum, Allium haematochiton, Bermuda onion, bulb, Egyptian onion, eschalot, green onion, isothiocyanate, Japanese leek, multiplier onion, onion, red-skinned onion, scallion, shallot, Spanish onion, spring onion, top onion, tree onion, vegetable, veggie, Vidalia onion, Welsh onion | |
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| | Definition: | |  Onion
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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}.
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| Easton Bible Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | 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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