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Definition of Egyptian onion
1. Noun. Type of perennial onion grown chiefly as a curiosity or for early salad onions; having bulbils that replace the flowers.
Generic synonyms: Allium Cepa, Onion, Onion Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Egyptian Onion
Literary usage of Egyptian onion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopædia of Geography: Comprising a Complete Description of the by Hugh Murray, William Wallace, Robert Jameson, William Jackson Hooker, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, William Swainson (1837)
"Hasselquist, in a panegyric on the exquisite flavour of the Egyptian onion,
remarks, that it is no wonder the Israelites, after quitting the land of bondage ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"The so-called "Egyptian onion" is a top Onion; also the "tree Onion." Multipliers
are shown in Fig. 1532-3. Instead of continuing a singlo "heart" or core, ..."
3. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1907)
"... them wish they might enjoy it in tasting Egyptian onion was " one of the best
Paradise, and a soup made of the sweet- dishes" the naturalist ever ate. ..."
4. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"Like the potato, Its origin is not exactly known ; but, from being sometimes
called the Egyptian onion, it ia supposed to have been originally brought from ..."
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