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onion-seed

onion-seed is the alternative form of onion seed.

Meaning of onion seed

Noun

onion seed (plural onion seeds)

  1. The strong-flavored seed of black caraway or nigella (Nigella sativa), which is deep black with flat sides, like those of the onion.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A seed produced by an onion plant.

Forms of onion-seed

pluralonion-seeds

Questions about onion-seed

What is onion-seed the alternative form of?
Onion-seed is the alternative form of onion seed.

Words near onion-seed in the dictionary

  1. onion straws
  2. onion thrips
  3. onion volcano
  4. onion volcanoes
  5. onion volcanos
  6. onion-seed
  7. onion-seeds
  8. onion-skinned
  9. onion-y
  10. onioned
  11. onionet

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Adapted from Wiktionary: onion-seed (page history and authors); onion seed (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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