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Onion

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.

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Bulb 76% connected

A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a bud, consisting of a cluster of partiall…

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Vegetable 76% connected

Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable growths, juices, etc.

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Eschalot 76% connected

See Shallot.

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Scallion 76% connected

A kind of small onion (Allium Ascalonicum), native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot.

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Shallot 76% connected

A small kind of onion (Allium Ascalonicum) growing in clusters, and ready for gathering in spring; a scallion, or eschalot.

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