Definitionen
1.NounA monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
2.NounThe bulb of such a plant."My eyes are stinging from the chopped onions."
3.NounAny of various plants, mostly of the genus Allium, that are more or less similar to Allium cepa."Many onions are delicious; domesticated onions such as Allium cepa and Allium fistulosum are especially good, but even wild onions such as Allium canadense and Allium validum are nice in small doses."
4.NounOf a drug, an ounce.
5.NounA ball.
6.NounA watch-seal.
7.NounAlternative letter-case form of Onion (“an inhabitant of Bermuda; a Bermudian”).
8.NounSoy, particularly when used in compound words related to the soy boy stereotype.