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Webster 1913 Edition
Onion
On′ion
,Noun.
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. 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
.Webster 1828 Edition
Onion
ONION
,Noun.
A plant of the genus Allium; and particularly, its bulbous root, much used as an article of food.
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English
Onions.
A sliced onion.
Noun
onion (plural onions)
- A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
- The bulb of such a plant.
- 1962 (quoting 1381 text), Hans Kurath & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., Middle English Dictionary, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, ISBN 978-0-472-01044-8, page 1242:
- dorrẹ̅, dōrī adj. & n. […] cook. glazed with a yellow substance; pome(s ~, sopes ~. […] 1381 Pegge Cook. Recipes p. 114: For to make Soupys dorry. Nym onyons […] Nym wyn […] toste wyte bred and do yt in dischis, and god Almande mylk.
- 1962 (quoting 1381 text), Hans Kurath & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., Middle English Dictionary, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, ISBN 978-0-472-01044-8, page 1242:
- (uncountable) The genus as a whole.
- (obsolete baseball slang) A ball.
- (colloquial, chiefly archaic) A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.
Derived terms
Terms derived from onion
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Translations
plant
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bulb
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References
Welsh
Noun
onion m (singulative onionyn)
- Alternative form of wynwyn (“onion”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| onion | unchanged | unchanged | honion |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- “wynwyn, wnion, winion, winiwn, &c.” in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru.