Onion Definition

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noun
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A plant (Allium cepa) of the lily family, having an edible bulb with a strong, sharp smell and taste.
Webster's New World
The bulb of this plant, formed of close, concentric layers of leaf bases.
Webster's New World
Any of various related plants.
Webster's New World

(colloquial, chiefly archaic) A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.

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Plural:
onions

Origin of Onion

  • Middle English onyon, union, oinyon, from Anglo-Norman union et al. and Old French oignon, from Latin Å«niōnem, accusative of Å«niō (“onion, large pearl") (probably from Å«nus (“one"), but perhaps compare Hittite wašḫar (“garlic"), Sanskrit उष्ण (uṣṇa, “onion"), Pashto ووږه (ūža, “garlic"), Khowar wǝẓnÅ« (“garlic")). Displaced the inherited term ramsons.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English oinyon from Old French oignon from Latin uniō uniōn-

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Onion Sentence Examples

  • It is also known as the underground onion, from its habit of producing its bulbs beneath the surface.

  • The inhabitants of Pelusium in lower Egypt, who worshipped the onion, are said to have held both it and garlic in aversion as food.

  • As our fairies give gold which changes into withered leaves, the Jan give onion peels which turn into gold.

  • The onion should be grown in an open situation, and on a light, rich, well-worked soil, which has not been recently manured.

  • The Welsh Onion or Ciboule, Allium fistulosum, is a hardy perennial, native of Siberia.

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