onyon

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A form of onion — A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.

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Meanings

nounonyon (plural onyons)

plural onyons

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of onion.

    Take one Onyon, cut out the core, and fill that place with the pouder of Cummin, and the juyce of Rue, set on the top again, and roast the Onyon in embers, then put away the out-side, and put in a cloth, wring out the Juyce […]

    2016, Elizabeth Spiller, Seventeenth-Century English Recipe Books
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APA

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MLA

“onyon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onyon. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “onyon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onyon.

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