onion

  1. Noun.  A monocotyledonous plant of genus ''Allium'' allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
  2. Noun.  The bulb of such a plant.
  3. Noun.  (uncountable) The genus as a whole.
  4. Noun.  (obsolete, _) A ball.
  5. Noun.  (context, colloquial) A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.

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