allium cepa

1. Bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb (synset 112453313)
   is a type of: alliaceous plant - bulbous plants having a characteristic pungent onion odor
   subtypes:

   • allium ascalonicum, allium cepa aggregatum, eschalot, multiplier onion, shallot - type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning
   • allium cepa viviparum, egyptian onion, top onion, tree onion - type of perennial onion grown chiefly as a curiosity or for early salad onions; having bulbils that replace the flowers
   • allium fistulosum, japanese leek, welsh onion - Asiatic onion with slender bulbs; used as early green onions
   • allium haematochiton, red-skinned onion - onion with white to deep red tunic; California
   has: onion - the bulb of an onion plant
   substance holonym: isothiocyanate - a family of compounds derived from horseradish and radishes and onions and mustards; source of the hotness of those plants and preparations
   same as: onion, onion plant

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