onion seed

noun

The strong-flavored seed of black caraway or nigella (Nigella sativa), which is deep black with flat sides, like those of the onion.

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Meanings

nounonion seed (plural onion seeds)

plural onion seeds · alternative onionseed · alternative onion-seed

  1. The strong-flavored seed of black caraway or nigella (Nigella sativa), which is deep black with flat sides, like those of the onion.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A seed produced by an onion plant.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
black carawayblackseednigella

Translations

Arabic قِزْح
  • قِزْح (qizḥ)seeds of an onion plant
Finnish sipulin siemen
  • sipulin siemenseeds of an onion plant
French graine d'oignon
  • graine d'oignonseeds of an onion plant
German Zwiebelsamen, Zwiebelsaat
  • Zwiebelsamenseeds of an onion plant
  • Zwiebelsaatseeds of an onion plant
Latin sēmen cēpae
  • sēmen cēpaeseeds of an onion plant
Polish nasiono cebuli
  • nasiono cebuliseeds of an onion plant
Cite this entry
APA

onion seed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onion%20seed

MLA

“onion seed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onion%20seed. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “onion seed,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onion%20seed.

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