EGYPTIAN ONION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Egyptian onion mean? 

• 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.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EGYPTIAN ONION (noun)

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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)