cibol

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1. obsoleteA perennial onion plant, Allium fistulosum, commonly called Welsh onion.

   The herbs generally employed in the fourniture are chervil, tarragon, chives, or cibol.

   1906, Maria Parloa, Preparation of Vegetables for the Table, page 46

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   SKATE WITH LIVER SAUCE: CRIMP or cut the skate into pieces, boil and serve on it a sauce made as follows: - Put into a sauce-pan, parsley, cibol, mushrooms, a clove of garlic, all finely minced, and a little butter; give it a turn or teo on the fire, and add a good dust of flour, then a bit of butter, capers, and a minced anchovy, the liver of the skate, first boiled and bruised, pepper, and salt; moisten it with gravy or water, and thicken it on the fire.

   1842, Mrs. Dalgairns, The Practice of Cookery...Ninth Edition, with Additions, page 44

   Turnips, carrots, parsnips, celery, leeks, cibol, onions, etc., when used just as flavorers, should be tied in a bunch and cooked twenty or thirty minutes in the dish and then removed.

   1906, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Experiment Station Work, XXXIV: American Sugar-beet Seed, […], Fertility of Eggs, page 44