Onion

The Israelites in the wilderness longed for the “onions and garlick of Egypt” (Num. 11:5). This was the betsel of the Hebrews, the Allium cepe of botanists, of which it is said that there are some thirty or forty species now growing in Palestine. The onion is “the ‘undivided’ leek, unio_, _unus, one.”

This product is mentioned only in (Numbers 11:5) as one of the good things of Egypt of which the Israel regretted the loss. Onions have been from time immemorial a favorite article of food among the Egyptians, The onions of Egypt are much milder in flavor and less pungent than those of this country.

ON'ION, a well-known garden vegetable which grew in great perfection in Egypt, and was longed for by the Israelites. Num 11:5. The onions of Egypt are of large size and exquisite flavor, "differing from the onions of our country as much as a bad turnip differs in palatableness from a good apple."

ON'ION, a well-known garden vegetable which grew in great perfection in Egypt, and was longed for by the Israelites. Num 11:5. The onions of Egypt are of large size and exquisite flavor, "differing from the onions of our country as much as a bad turnip differs in palatableness from a good apple."

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A liliaceous plant of the genus Allium (A.cepa), having a strong-flavored bulb and long hollow leaves; also, its bulbous root, much used as an article of food. The name is often extended to other species of the genus. Onion fish (Zoöl.), the grenadier. -- Onion fly (Zoöl.) a dipterous insect whose larva feeds upon the onion; especially, Anthomyia ceparum and Ortalis flexa. -- Welsh onion. (Bot.) See Cibol. -- Wild onion (Bot.), a name given to several species of the genus Allium.