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spring onion

spring onion noun: a species of onion (Allium fistulosum) with slender bulbs; originally Asian, now worldwide.

spring onion: a species of onion (Allium fistulosum) with slender bulbs; originally Asian, now worldwide
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Noun

spring onion (plural spring onions)

  1. A species of onion (Allium fistulosum) with slender bulbs; originally Asian, now worldwide.
  2. Any of several types of onion that look similar, including the young plants from varieties whose bulbs would eventually grow large if they were harvested later.

spring onion meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malay

spring onion in Hindi

Allium fistulosum
हरा प्याज़ harā pyāz

spring onion in Tamil

பச்சை வெங்காயம், வெங்காயத் தாள்

spring onion in Urdu

ہری پیاز

spring onion in Malay

Allium fistulosum
daun bawang
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spring onion in Indonesian
daun bawang
spring onion in Persian
پیازچه piyâzče
spring onion in Thai
ต้นหอม dtôn-hɔ̌ɔm, หอมต้นเดี่ยว hɔ̌ɔm-dtôn-diao
spring onion in Vietnamese
hành lá, hành
spring onion in Myanmar
ကြက်သွန်မြိတ် krakswanmrit

Synonyms of spring onion

Forms of spring onion

pluralspring onions

Questions about spring onion

What does spring onion mean?
Spring onion means a species of onion (Allium fistulosum) with slender bulbs; originally Asian, now worldwide.
What is spring onion in Hindi?
Spring onion in Hindi is हरा प्याज़ (harā pyāz). See Spring onion meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is spring onion?
Spring onion is a noun.
What is the plural of spring onion?
The plural of spring onion is spring onions.

Words near spring onion in the dictionary

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spring onion (page history and authors); spring onion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); spring onion (Urdu Wiktionary) (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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