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2. Noun. (plural of onion) ¹

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Definition of Onions

1. onion [n] - See also: onion

Medical Definition of Onions

1. Herbaceous biennial plants and their edible bulbs, belonging to the liliaceae. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Onions

Literary usage of Onions

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

1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"Sometimes flower-stalks are produced from multiplier or potato onions. ... Two or three kinds of multiplier onions are known, the variation being chiefly in ..."

2. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1870)
"Samuel W. Church, of Rhode Island, raised from four acres 1475 bushels of Red Globe Wethersfield onions, and 1300 bushels of carrots. ..."

3. Garden Farming by Lee Cleveland Corbett (1913)
"THE PRODUCTION OF GREEN BUNCH onions Early bunchers from potato onions. Market gardeners in the neighborhood of large towns and cities annually use large ..."

4. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1824)
"Slice the onions, and cut the cucumbers large; flour them, and fry them in some ... To stew onions. Peel six large onions ; fry gently of a fine brown, ..."

5. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1856)
"It is said, too, that onions are soporific,' and that they are a cure for ulcerations of the ... Fresh onions in vinegar, applied topically, or dried onions ..."

6. A Popular Account of the Ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1854)
"It is a remarkable fact that onions, as well as the first fruits of their ... onions. head of the victim. onions were generally bound in a single bundle, ..."

7. A History of Agriculture and Prices in England: From the Year After the by James Edwin Thorold Rogers, Arthur George Liddon Rogers (1882)
"MUSTARD SEED, GARLIC, & onions. NOTE. THE following are such entries of Mustard ... Mustard seed and onions are generally sold by the bushel ; Garlic by the ..."

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