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Allium cepa
(gcide) | Onion \On"ion\, n. [F. ognon, fr. L. unio oneness, unity, a
single large pearl, an onion. See One, Union.]
1. (Bot.) A liliaceous plant of the genus Allium ({Allium
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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2. The flavor of an onion[1].
[PJC]
Onion fish (Zool.), the grenadier.
Onion fly (Zool.) 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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allium cepa
(wn) | Allium cepa
n 1: bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for
its rounded edible bulb [syn: onion, onion plant,
Allium cepa] |
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