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EGYPTIAN ONION

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• EGYPTIAN ONION (noun)
The noun EGYPTIAN ONION has 1 sense:

1. type of perennial onion grown chiefly as a curiosity or for early salad onions; having bulbils that replace the flowers

Familiarity information: EGYPTIAN ONION used as a noun is very rare.

• EGYPTIAN ONION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Type of perennial onion grown chiefly as a curiosity or for early salad onions; having bulbils that replace the flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Allium cepa viviparum; Egyptian onion; top onion; tree onion

Hypernyms ("Egyptian onion" is a kind of...):

Allium cepa; onion; onion plant (bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb)

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