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What is an onion?

What is an onion? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
  2. The bulb of such a plant.
  3. (uncountable) The genus as a whole.
  4. (obsolete baseball slang) A ball.
  5. (colloquial, chiefly archaic) A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.
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Serve hot and use chopped spring onion and thin slivers of ginger for garnish.
My green onion plant, that had sprouted six inches, suddenly wilted and died.
The moonrat is notorious for its characteristic onion or rotten-garlic odor.
The beef teriyaki consisted of strips of something brown that had been cooked up with pepper, onion and soya sauce.
It's poached skate with fennel or lamb kidney sausage on bacon and onion bread.
More traditional grub, such as a cheese and onion pasty or Scotch egg, follows in the evening.

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