Meaning

noun the bulb of an onion plant

noun bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb

noun an aromatic flavorful vegetable

originFrom Middle English onyoun, oynoun, from Old French oignon, from Latin ūniōnem, accusative of ūniō (“onion”), which had also been borrowed into Old English as yne, ynnelēac (“onion”) (> Middle English hynne-leac, henne-leac). Displaced the inherited term ramsons. * (soy): Stems from a 4chan word filter which changes the word soy to onions. The word filter was implemented in relation to the "alpha…

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