Meaning of garlion | Babel Free

Definitions

A hybrid vegetable resulting from a cross between garlic and onion.

obsolete, rare

Examples

“The garlion is a cross between the garlic and onion; the topeppo combines the tomato and the pepper. We have⟳ the odorless onion, the odorless cabbage, the lemon cucumber that grows on a vine but looks like⟳ a lemon, and a giant cucumber”

“Garlions are being offered on the market as a compromise cross between garlic and onions for those who cannot quite make⟳ up their minds to take⟳ garlic to their bosom.”

“Garlion isn't what the growers were looking for, but it has made a hit with customers at Dean & DeLuca, a New York specialty food store that sells the bulbs for $2.25 to $2.95 a pound.”

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