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White onion or Allium cepa (“sweet onion”) are a cultivar of dry onion which have a distinct light and mild flavour profile. Much like red onions, they have a high sugar and low sulphur content, and thus have a relatively short shelf life. [1] White onions are used in a variety of dishes, such as those of Mexican and European origin.
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 ...
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
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]
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.
"White onions add snowy elegance to raw plate presentations," he adds. "Sliced paper thin, ribbons of white onion drape brilliantly upon darker colored items like leafy greens, whereas yellow ...
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 )
Allium canadense, the Canada onion, Canadian garlic, wild garlic, meadow garlic and wild onion [6] is a perennial plant native to eastern North America [a] from Texas to Florida to New Brunswick to Montana. The species is also cultivated in other regions as an ornamental and as a garden culinary herb. [7] The plant is also reportedly ...