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noun 
  1. a monocotyledonous plant of genus Allium allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
  2. (baseball) (slang) an 1800s baseball term meaning the ball
  3. (context, colloquial, chiefly, archaic) A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: ui , ajuin
  • French: oignon
  • German: Zwiebel
  • Italian: cipolla
  • Spanish: cebolla
Etymology: Latin unio

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