| NOUN | plant | Allium cepa, onion, onion plant | bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide / worldwide for its rounded edible bulb |
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| Meaning | bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide / worldwide for its rounded edible bulb. | |
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| Synonyms | onion, onion plant | |
| Parts | onion | The bulb of an onion plant |
| Narrower | Welsh onion, Japanese leek, Allium fistulosum | Asiatic onion with slender bulbs |
| red-skinned onion, Allium haematochiton | onion with white to deep red tunic | |
| shallot, eschalot, multiplier onion, Allium cepa aggregatum, Allium ascalonicum | type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning | |
| tree onion, Egyptian onion, top onion, Allium cepa viviparum | type of perennial onion grown chiefly as a curiosity or for early salad onions | |
| Broader | alliaceous plant | bulbous plants having a characteristic pungent onion odor |
| Substances | isothiocyanate | A family of compounds derived from horseradish and radishes and onions and mustards |
| Spanish | cebolla | |
| Catalan | ceba | |
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