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onionseed

onionseed 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 onionseed

pluralonionseeds

Questions about onionseed

What is onionseed the alternative form of?
Onionseed is the alternative form of onion seed.

Words near onionseed in the dictionary

  1. onionized
  2. Onionland
  3. onionless
  4. onionlike
  5. onions
  6. onionseed
  7. onionseeds
  8. onionskin
  9. onionskins
  10. oniontini
  11. oniontinis

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