onion

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Brown it on all sides and, when the onion is all melted, add water or broth and three or four sausages freshly made.

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  1. noun A bulbous plant (Allium cepa) cultivated worldwide as a vegetable.
  2. noun The rounded edible bulb of this plant, composed of fleshy, tight, concentric leaf bases having a pungent odor and taste.

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  • Some common remedies are: Allium cepa (onion, which is known to cause tearing of the eyes and a clear burning nasal discharge that irritates the nostrils), —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • Heat the oil in a large heavy-based pan or wok; add the onion, garlic and ginger, and cook over medium heat for 3 to 5 minutes or until the onion is soft. —  Blisstree
  • The ancient Egyptians ate onions both ways, for the onion was the most common vegetable in Egypt 5,000 years ago.
  • We used all sorts of toppings -- onion, green pepper, vegan pepperoni, banana peppers and jalapeno peppers, corn, olives, artichoke hearts ... —  pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator
  • To ancient Egyptians, the onion was a symbol of eternity, and that belief may not have been far from reality. —  Thestar.com - Home Page
 

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  1. Middle English oinyon, from Old French oignon, from Latin uniō, uniōn-.

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  1. Formerly also inion, being still often so pronounced (also ingan, ingun: see inion); from French oignon, ognon = Provencal uignon, ignon, from Latin unio(n-), a kind of single onion, also a pearl, literally oneness, union: see union.
  2. onion, n.
 

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