What does onion mean?
Definitions for onion
ˈʌn yənonion
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Princeton's WordNet
onionnoun
the bulb of an onion plant
onion, onion plant, Allium cepanoun
bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb
onionnoun
an aromatic flavorful vegetable
GCIDE
Onionnoun
The flavor of an onion.
Etymology: [F. ognon, fr. L. unio oneness, unity, a single large pearl, an onion. See One, Union.]
Wiktionary
onionnoun
A monocotyledonous plant of genus Allium allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
onionnoun
The bulb of such a plant.
onionnoun
The genus as a whole.
onionnoun
A ball.
onionnoun
A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.
Freebase
Onion
The onion, also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is used as a vegetable and is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium. This genus also contains several other species variously referred to as onions and cultivated for food, such as the Japanese bunching onion, Egyptian onion, and Canada onion. The name "wild onion" is applied to a number of Allium species but A. cepa is exclusively known from cultivation and its wild original form is not known. The onion is most frequently a biennial or a perennial plant, but is usually treated as an annual and harvested in its first growing season. The onion plant has a fan of hollow, bluish-green leaves and the bulb at the base of the plant begins to swell when a certain day-length is reached. In the autumn the foliage dies down and the outer layers of the bulb become dry and brittle. The crop is harvested and dried and the onions are ready for use or storage. The crop is prone to attack by a number of pests and diseases, particularly the onion fly, the onion eelworm and various fungi that cause rotting. Some varieties of A. cepa such as shallots and potato onions produce multiple bulbs.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Onion
un′yun, n. the name given to a few species of genus Allium, esp. Allium cepa, an edible biennial bulbous root.—adj. On′ion-eyed (Shak.), having the eyes full of tears.—n. On′ion-skin, a very thin variety of paper.—adj. On′iony. [Fr. oignon—L. unio, -onis—unus, one.]
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
ONION
The all-round strength champion of the Vegetable Kingdom, garlic and cabbage being close rivals.
Rap Dictionary
onionnoun
A perfectly rounded ass. "Dat onion booty so nice, it makes me wanna cry"
onionnoun
An ounce of narcotics.
Editors Contribution
onion
A type of cultivar, plant and seed.
The onions grew at the garden very easily.
Submitted by MaryC on February 18, 2020
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of onion in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of onion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of onion in a Sentence
– because your husband is right. Onions actually offer superior health benefits to some of our favorite superfoods, like pomegranates, green tea and red wine, he added. Manny Alvarez checked in with Chris Kilham, the Medicine Hunter, for a second opinion. Onions are especially high in beneficial antioxidants including the super-antioxidant, quercetin, which is useful for the heart, for the immune system( and) for many, many things in the body, i would make the claim that onions are among the healthiest of all foods Manny Alvarez could possibly eat, and that if Manny Alvarez eat an onion every day - and I ’m not talking raw, Manny Alvarez can cook it, prepare it any way Manny Alvarez like - Manny Alvarez will do far more for Manny Alvarez health than eating lots of the super fruits that are available.
What do I want about The Mueller report ? I don't care what's in The Mueller report. Matter of fact, I call it the Mueller dossier, what I want is the information underlying The Mueller report, so that we can actually look into it. Because every time we peel back the onion in this case, what do we find ? We find out that, somehow, higher-level officials within the DOJ and FBI were misleading the American people and the courts.
Life is an onion and one peels it crying.
Pro-ban supports would like to make it cut and dry, but it’s a very complicated issue, it’s an onion, and you can have to peel away the layers.
I love the venison soup stew, salmon milk soup and Jansson's temptation (baked potato with caramelized onion gratin), which are traditional Nordic dishes, i really want to introduce Moomin and Finnish lifestyle to Hong Kong people.
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- ахыцAbkhaz
- uiAfrikaans
- ሽንኩርትAmharic
- بَصَلArabic
- перAvaric
- soğanAzerbaijani
- һуғанBashkir
- лук, цыбу́ляBelarusian
- лукBulgarian
- পেঁয়াজBengali
- ཙོངTibetan Standard
- ognonennBreton
- cebaCatalan, Valencian
- хохChechen
- wiheekaskosisCree
- cibuleCzech
- суханChuvash
- wnionynWelsh
- løgDanish
- ZwiebelGerman
- sabalaEwe
- κρεμμύδιGreek
- cepoEsperanto
- cebollaSpanish
- sibulEstonian
- tipulaBasque
- سوخ, پیازPersian
- sipuliFinnish
- leykurFaroese
- oignonFrench
- sipelWestern Frisian
- oinniúnIrish
- uinneanScottish Gaelic
- cebolaGalician
- ડુંગળીGujarati
- àlbásàHausa
- בצלHebrew
- कांदा, पियाज़Hindi
- hagymaHungarian
- սոխArmenian
- cibollaInterlingua
- bawangIndonesian
- onyonoIdo
- laukurIcelandic
- cipollaItalian
- タマネギ, 玉葱Japanese
- brambangJavanese
- ხახვიGeorgian
- пиязKazakh
- ខ្ទឹមបារាំងKhmer
- ಈರುಳ್ಳಿKannada
- 양파Korean
- پیازKurdish
- пиязKyrgyz
- cepaLatin
- ຜັກບົ່ວຫົວໃຫຍ່Lao
- sīpolsLatvian
- anianaMāori
- лук, главица, кромидMacedonian
- сонгиноMongolian
- bawangMalay
- baslaMaltese
- ကြက်သွန်နီBurmese
- løkNorwegian
- ui, ajuinDutch
- laukNorwegian Nynorsk
- løkNorwegian
- tłʼohchin, tł'oh chinNavajo, Navaho
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- zhigaagawanzhOjibwe, Ojibwa
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- tschagula, tschiguolla, tschavola, tschaguolaRomansh
- ceapăRomanian
- лу́ковица, голо́вка, лукRussian
- chipudha, cibudha, gibudha, chepudha, chibudha, ciudhaSardinian
- lávkiNorthern Sami
- crni luk, crveni luk, црни лук, црвени лук, luk, лукSerbo-Croatian
- ලූණුSinhala, Sinhalese
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- čebula, čebulicaSlovene
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- வெங்காயம்Tamil
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- หอมใหญ่Thai
- soganTurkmen
- sibuyasTagalog
- soğanTurkish
- суганTatar
- پىيازUyghur, Uighur
- лук, цибу́ля, цибу́лина, лу́ковицяUkrainian
- کاندا, پیازUrdu
- piyozUzbek
- hành tây, hànhVietnamese
- bebVolapük
- agnonWalloon
- ציבעלעYiddish
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