Definition of Onion plant

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


Lexicographical Neighbors of Onion Plant

onie
onigiri
oniochalasia
oniomania
onion
onion bagel
onion bodies
onion bread
onion bulb neuropathy
onion dome
onion domes
onion louse
onion mildew
onion plant (current term)
onion ring
onion rings
onion roll
onion salt
onion skinning
onion smut
onion stem
onion straw
onion straws
onion thrips
onion yellow-dwarf virus
onion yellow dwarf
onioned
onionier

Literary usage of Onion plant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1889)
"In both cases the fungus is destroyed without injury to the onion plant. Further, both these chemical remedies have the additional advantage of being ..."

2. Observations of Injurious Insects and Common Farm Pests ... with Methods of by Eleanor Anne Ormerod (1891)
"... not fully developed, taken from an onion plant; magnified 440 times. For a, b, c, and d, see explanation of fig. 1. In front of the spear (a) is shown ..."

3. Agricultural Botany: Theoretical and Practical by John Percival (1921)
"The onion plant in this instance is a perennial. A tulip bulb in autumn consists of a short, thick stem, upon which are placed a series of large, ..."

4. Foundations of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen (1901)
"This skin consists of the broad sheathing bases of the outer leaves which grew on the onion plant during the summer. Remove these and notice the thick ..."

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