English > onion plant: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide / worldwide for its rounded edible bulb. |
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| Synonyms | onion, Allium cepa |
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| Parts | onion | The bulb of an onion plant |
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| Narrower | Welsh onion, Japanese leek, Allium fistulosum | Asiatic onion with slender bulbs |
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| 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 |
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| Substances | isothiocyanate | A family of compounds derived from horseradish and radishes and onions and mustards |
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| Spanish | cebolla |
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| Catalan | ceba |
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