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An Onion Johnny, his bicycle laden with onions and garlic, in London, 2008. The name 'the Big Onion' was formerly used of New York City, before it became 'the Big Apple', and Chicago became 'the Big Onion'. [26] The 10th century Exeter Book, written in Old English, contains a riddle which seems to be about an onion, with sexual overtones. The ...
Some species (such as Welsh onion A. fistulosum and leeks (A. ampeloprasum)) develop thickened leaf-bases rather than forming bulbs as such. Carl Linnaeus first described the genus Allium in 1753. The generic name Allium is the Latin word for garlic, [9] [10] and the type species for the genus is Allium sativum which means "cultivated garlic". [11]
List of onions may refer to: List of Allium species; Allium is the onion genus, with 600-920 species, making it one of the largest plant genera in the world; List of onion cultivars; cultivars of the onion (Allium cepa) List of Tor onion services, list of tor onion websites; Onion varieties; Onion (disambiguation)
Common name Scientific name Image Notes Abrams' onion Allium abramsii (Ownbey & Aase) McNeal Allegheny onion Allium allegheniense Small Aspen onion Allium bisceptrum S. Watson var. palmeri (S. Watson) Cronquist Autumn onion Allium stellatum Fraser ex Ker Gawl. Bear garlic, Ramsons, Wild Garlic Allium ursinum L. Beegum onion Allium hoffmanii Ownbey
Each non-obvious etymology is supported by a reference on the linked Wikipedia page. Food names are listed by country of the origin of the word, not necessarily where the food originated or was thought to have originated. Some foods are certified to originate in that region with a protected designation of origin (PDO). [2]
Lasalgaon is a prominent hub for onion cultivation and thus the onion's name is derived from this town, with 99% of its agricultural area dedicated to this crop, engaging over 1,000 farmers. The region's onion market is equally impressive, handling approximately 2.5 lakh tonnes of onions annually.
Oignon de Roscoff at the Paris International Agricultural Show in 2011. The Oignon de Roscoff is a variety of onion that is grown in the Brittany region of northwest France. The use of the name is protected by appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) certification that was awarded in 2009, restricting the name to onions grown in a delimited area of the northern coast of Finistère, which ...
Crinum thaianum, also called the Thai onion plant or water onion, is an emergent plant species, endemic to the coastal plain of Ranong and Phang Nga Provinces, Thailand. [2] Its natural habitat is to grow along the banks of flowing, medium- to fast-running streams, where its roots and bulb are submerged in the sediment, while its leaves grow long in the current and can access fresh air at the ...