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ONION PLANT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb

Synonyms:

Allium cepa; onion; onion plant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("onion plant" is a kind of...):

alliaceous plant (bulbous plants having a characteristic pungent onion odor)

Meronyms (parts of "onion plant"):

onion (the bulb of an onion plant)

Meronyms (substance of "onion plant"):

isothiocyanate (a family of compounds derived from horseradish and radishes and onions and mustards; source of the hotness of those plants and preparations)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "onion plant"):

Allium ascalonicum; Allium cepa aggregatum; eschalot; multiplier onion; shallot (type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning)

Allium cepa viviparum; Egyptian onion; top onion; tree onion (type of perennial onion grown chiefly as a curiosity or for early salad onions; having bulbils that replace the flowers)

Allium fistulosum; Japanese leek; Welsh onion (Asiatic onion with slender bulbs; used as early green onions)

Allium haematochiton; red-skinned onion (onion with white to deep red tunic; California)

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