Thesaurus: onion

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1. n. 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.
2. n. the bulb of an onion plant
3. n. bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb
4. n. an aromatic flavorful vegetable
5. 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 (Zoöl.), the grenadier. -- Onion fly (Zoöl.) 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.
6. A liliaceous plant of the genus Allium (A.cepa), having astrong-flavored bulb and long hollow leaves; also, its bulbous root,much used as an article of food. The name is often extended to otherspecies of the genus. Onion fish (Zoöl.), the grenadier.-- Onion fly (Zoöl.) a dipterous insect whose larva feeds upon theonion; especially, Anthomyia ceparum and Ortalis flexa.-- Welsh onion. (Bot.) See Cibol.-- Wild onion (Bot.), a name given to several species of the genusAllium.
7. n:100 n. the bulb of an onion plant n. bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb n. an aromatic flavorful vegetable