Onion vs. Shallot

Onionnoun

A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.

Onionnoun

The bulb of such a plant.

Onionnoun

(uncountable) The genus as a whole.

Onionnoun

A ball.

Onionnoun

A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.

Onionnoun

A liliaceous plant of the genus Allium (Allium cepa), having a strong-flavored bulb and long hollow leaves; also, its bulbous root, much used as an article of food. The name is often extended to other species of the genus.

Onionnoun

The flavor of an onion{1}.

Onionnoun

edible bulb of an onion plant

Onionnoun

bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb

Onionnoun

an aromatic flavorful bulb

Onion

The onion (Allium cepa L., from Latin cepa ), also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable that is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium. The shallot is a botanical variety of the onion.

Shallotnoun

A vegetable in the onion family.

Shallotnoun

Allium ascalonium.

Shallotnoun

Allium oschaninii.

Shallotnoun

Any small onion.

Shallotnoun

(New Orleans) A scallion

Shallotnoun

A small kind of onion (Allium Ascalonicum) growing in clusters, and ready for gathering in spring; a scallion, or eschalot.

Shallotnoun

aggregated bulb of the multiplier onion

Shallotnoun

type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning

Shallotnoun

small mild-flavored onion- or garlic-like clustered bulbs used for seasoning

Shallot

The shallot is a botanical variety (a cultivar) of the onion. Until 2010, the shallot was classified as a separate species, Allium ascalonicum, a name that is a synonym of Allium cepa, the species name of the onion.