onion
English Thesaurus
1. an aromatic flavorful vegetable (noun.food)
| hypernym | : | veg, vegetable, veggie, |
| definition | : | edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | bermuda onion, |
| definition | : | mild flat onion grown in warm areas (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | vidalia onion, |
| definition | : | sweet-flavored onion grown in Georgia (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | spanish onion, |
| definition | : | large mild and succulent onion; often eaten raw (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | shallot, |
| definition | : | small mild-flavored onion-like or garlic-like clustered bulbs used for seasoning (noun.food) |
2. bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | alliaceous plant, |
| definition | : | bulbous plants having a characteristic pungent onion odor (noun.plant) |
| part holonym | : | onion, |
| definition | : | the bulb of an onion plant (noun.plant) |
| substance holonym | : | isothiocyanate, |
| definition | : | a family of compounds derived from horseradish and radishes and onions and mustards; source of the hotness of those plants and preparations (noun.substance) |
3. the bulb of an onion plant (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | bulb, |
| definition | : | a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure (noun.plant) |
| part meronym | : | allium cepa, onion, onion plant, |
| definition | : | bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb (noun.plant) |
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