onion
/ˈʌnj(ə)n/ noun A2- A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
- The bulb of such a plant. · My eyes are stinging from the chopped onions.
- Any of various plants, mostly of the genus Allium, that are more or less similar to Allium cepa.
- Of a drug, an ounce.
- Soy, particularly when used in compound words related to the soy boy stereotype.
Plural onions
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“Yes, it _is_ his business!” said Five, “and I’ll tell him—it was for bringing the cook tulip-roots instead of onions.”
You were among the first who tasted any of my dishes, and I think you relished them tolerably.” While speaking, Caderousse went on peeling a fresh supply of onions.
He was truly crying, but it would have been difficult to say whether joy or the onions produced the greatest effect on the lachrymal glands of the old innkeeper of the Pont-du-Gard.
We see that Danglars was collected enough to jest; at the same time, as though to disprove the ogreish propensities, the man took some black bread, cheese, and onions from his wallet, which he began devouring voraciously.
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