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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]
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
Allium validum S.Watson – Pacific onion, swamp onion; Allium vallivanchense R.M.Fritsch & N.Friesen; Allium variegatum Boiss. Allium vasilevskajae Ogan. Allium vavilovii Popov & Vved. Allium verticillatum Regel; Allium vescum Wendelbo; Allium victorialis L. – victory onion, Alpine leek, alpine broad-leaf allium [5] Allium victoris Vved.
Allium drummondii, also known as Drummond's onion, wild garlic and prairie onion, [citation needed] is a North American species of onion native to the southern Great Plains of North America. It is found in South Dakota , Kansas , Nebraska , Colorado , Oklahoma , Arkansas , Texas , New Mexico , and northeastern Mexico .
Allium fistulosum, the Welsh onion, also commonly called bunching onion, long green onion, Japanese bunching onion, and spring onion, is a species of perennial plant, often considered to be a kind of scallion. The species is very similar in taste and odor to the related common onion, Allium cepa, and hybrids between the two (tree onions) exist.
The name leek developed from the Old English word lēac, from which the modern English name for garlic also derives. [6] Lēac means 'onion' in Old English and has cognates in other Germanic languages : Danish løg 'onion', Icelandic laukur 'onion', Norwegian løk 'onion', Swedish lök 'onion', [ 7 ] German Lauch 'leek', Dutch look ' Allium ...
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)