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noun
Any of species Allium fistulosum of onions, probably native to eastern Asia, widely cultivated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: cibol, Japanese bunching onion, spring onion
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Asiatic onion with slender bulbs; used as early green onions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Japanese leek, Allium fistulosum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: onion, onion plant, Allium cepa
History
From welsh (in the sense of “foreign”) + onion; capitalization is by conflation with Welsh (as in pertaining to Wales), in turn derived from the same sense of welsh (as in foreign).
