tree onion
noun
: any of several perennial garden onions that constitute a variety (Allium cepa variety viviparum) of the common onion, are grown chiefly as a curiosity or for early salad onions, and are propagated by bulbils that replace the flowers in the inflorescence
called also Egyptian onion, top onion
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“Tree onion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tree%20onion. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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