onion

DEFINITIONS OF: onion

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; Allium ascalonicum, Allium cepa aggregatum, eschalot, multiplier onion, shallot
type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning; Allium cepa viviparum, Egyptian onion, top onion, tree onion
type of perennial onion grown chiefly as a curiosity or for early salad onions; having bulbils that replace the flowers; Allium fistulosum, Japanese leek, Welsh onion
Asiatic onion with slender bulbs; used as early green onions; Allium haematochiton, red-skinned onion
onion with white to deep red tunic; California

Type of:: alliaceous plant
bulbous plants having a characteristic pungent onion odor

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; Bermuda onion
mild flat onion grown in warm areas; green onion, scallion, spring onion
a young onion before the bulb has enlarged; eaten in salads; Vidalia onion
sweet-flavored onion grown in Georgia; Spanish onion
large mild and succulent onion; often eaten raw; shallot
small mild-flavored onion-like or garlic-like clustered bulbs used for seasoning; purple onion, red onion
flat mild onion having purplish tunics; used as garnish on hamburgers and salads

Type of:: veg, vegetable, veggie
edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant

Type of:: bulb
a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure

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