Meaning of onion | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An inhabitant of Bermuda; a Bermudian.
   slang
2. A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice
3. A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
4. The bulb of such a plant
5. The bulb of such a plant.
6. Any of various plants, mostly of the genus Allium, that are more or less similar to Allium cepa
7. Any of various plants, mostly of the genus Allium, that are more or less similar to Allium cepa.
8. Of a drug, an ounce
9. Of a drug, an ounce.
   slang
10. A ball
11. A ball.
    obsolete, slang
12. A watch-seal.
    obsolete, slang
13. Alternative letter-case form of Onion (“an inhabitant of Bermuda; a Bermudian”).
    alt-of
14. Soy, particularly when used in compound words related to the soy boy stereotype.
    slang

Equivalents

Examples

“Some of the weeds that cause an undesirable flavor in milk are: onion, tarweed, scaleweed, garlic, mustard, pepper grass.”

“To get started, how about creating an edible window box? Sowed in the spring, salad seeds like radish, lettuce and spring onion will germinate so quickly that you'll be harvesting a crop in a month or two.”

“My eyes are stinging from the chopped onions.”

“Among the ancient Greeks, onions are most frequently mentioned as a stimulus to sexual desire.”

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“Goulash, a local favorite, was brought up-to-date with seared grass-fed rib-eye, stewed cippolini onions and roasted cherry tomatoes.”

“Many onions are delicious; domesticated onions such as Allium cepa and Allium fistulosum are especially good, but even wild onions such as Allium canadense and Allium validum are nice in small doses.”

“[…] M was a Magsman, frequenting Pall-Mall; / N was a Nose that turned chirp on his pal; / O was an Onion, possessed by a swell; / P was a Pannie, done niblike and well. […]”

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