onion : Idioms & Phrases

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bermuda onion

  • noun mild flat onion grown in warm areas
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brown onion sauce

  • noun brown sauce with sauteed chopped onions and parsley and dry white wine or vinegar
    Lyonnaise sauce.
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climbing onion

  • noun much-branched leafless twining South African herb cultivated as an ornamental for its bright green stems growing from large aboveground bulbs
    Bowiea volubilis.
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egyptian onion

  • noun type of perennial onion grown chiefly as a curiosity or for early salad onions; having bulbils that replace the flowers
    Allium cepa viviparum; top onion; Egyptian onion.
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flowering onion

  • noun European onion with white flowers
    Naples garlic; daffodil garlic; Allium neopolitanum.
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green onion

  • noun a young onion before the bulb has enlarged; eaten in salads
    green onion; scallion.
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hooker's onion

  • noun a common North American wild onion with a strong onion odor and an umbel of pink flowers atop a leafless stalk; British Columbia to California and Arizona and east to Wyoming and Colorado
    Allium acuminatum.
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multiplier onion

  • noun type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning
    shallot; Allium cepa aggregatum; Allium ascalonicum; eschalot.
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nodding onion

  • noun widely distributed North American wild onion with white to rose flowers
    nodding onion; lady's leek; Allium cernuum.
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nodding wild onion

  • noun widely distributed North American wild onion with white to rose flowers
    nodding onion; lady's leek; Allium cernuum.
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onion bagel

  • noun bagel flavored with onion
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onion bread

  • noun bread containing finely minced onions
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onion butter

  • noun butter blended with minced onion
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onion dome

  • noun a dome that is shaped like a bulb; characteristic of Russian and Byzantine church architecture
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Onion fish

  • (Zoöl.), the grenadier.
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Onion fly

  • (Zoöl.) a dipterous insect whose larva feeds upon the onion; especially, Anthomyia ceparum and Ortalis flexa.
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onion louse

  • noun injurious to onion plants and sometimes tobacco
    onion louse; Thrips tobaci.
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onion mildew

  • noun fungus causing a downy mildew on onions
    Peronospora destructor.
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onion plant

  • noun bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb
    Allium cepa; onion.
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onion roll

  • noun yeast-raised roll flavored with onion
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onion salt

  • noun ground dried onion and salt
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onion smut

  • noun smut fungus causing blackish blisters on scales and leaves of onions; especially destructive to seedlings
    Urocystis cepulae.
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onion stem

  • noun a white agaric that tends to cluster and has a club-shaped base
    Lepiota cepaestipes.
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onion thrips

  • noun injurious to onion plants and sometimes tobacco
    onion louse; Thrips tobaci.
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onion yellow dwarf

  • noun the yellow dwarf disease of onion plants
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onion yellow-dwarf virus

  • noun the virus that produces stunting and yellowing of the leaves of onion plants
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purple onion

  • noun flat mild onion having purplish tunics; used as garnish on hamburgers and salads
    purple onion.
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red onion

  • noun flat mild onion having purplish tunics; used as garnish on hamburgers and salads
    purple onion.
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red-skinned onion

  • noun onion with white to deep red tunic; California
    Allium haematochiton.
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sea onion

  • noun having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties
    squill; Urginea maritima; sea squill.
  • noun European scilla with small blue or purple flowers
    spring squill; Scilla verna.
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Sea" on"ion
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  1. (Bot.) The officinal squill. See Squill.
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spanish onion

  • noun large mild and succulent onion; often eaten raw
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spring onion

  • noun a young onion before the bulb has enlarged; eaten in salads
    green onion; scallion.
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top onion

  • noun type of perennial onion grown chiefly as a curiosity or for early salad onions; having bulbils that replace the flowers
    Allium cepa viviparum; top onion; Egyptian onion.
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Tree onion

  • noun type of perennial onion grown chiefly as a curiosity or for early salad onions; having bulbils that replace the flowers
    Allium cepa viviparum; top onion; Egyptian onion.
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  • (Bot.), a species of garlic (Allium proliferum) which produces bulbs in place of flowers, or among its flowers.
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vidalia onion

  • noun sweet-flavored onion grown in Georgia
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Welsh onion

  • noun Asiatic onion with slender bulbs; used as early green onions
    Japanese leek; Allium fistulosum.
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  • (Bot.), a kind of onion (Allium fistulosum) having hollow inflated stalks and leaves, but scarcely any bulb, a native of Siberia. It is said to have been introduced from Germany, and is supposed to have derived its name from the German term wälsch foreign.
  • . (Bot.) See Cibol.
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white onion sauce

  • noun veloute sauce with sauteed chopped onions and whipping cream
    Soubise.
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Wild onion

  • noun any of various plants of the genus Allium with edible bulbs found growing wild
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  • (Bot.), a name given to several species of the genus Allium.
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