tree onion

noun

Allium × proliferum, a kind of hybrid onion with a cluster of bulblets where a normal onion would have flowers.

Similar
Egyptian oniontop onionAllium cepa viviparum
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Meanings

nountree onion (plural tree onions)

plural tree onions

  1. Allium × proliferum, a kind of hybrid onion with a cluster of bulblets where a normal onion would have flowers.

    Synonyms: Egyptian onion

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAllium × proliferum, a kind of hybrid onion with a cluster of bulblets where a normal onion would have flowers.

Similar
Egyptian onion

More synonyms by meaning

nountype of perennial onion grown chiefly as a curiosity or for early salad onions; having bulbils that replace the flowers

Similar
Egyptian oniontop onionAllium cepa viviparum
Broader
oniononion plantAllium cepa
Also see
egyptian onion

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Finnish ilmasipuli
  • ilmasipuliAllium x proliferum
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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