onion
noun
Meaning
- nounA monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
- nounThe bulb of such a plant.
Example:
My eyes are stinging from the chopped onions.
- nounAny of various plants, mostly of the genus Allium, that are more or less similar to Allium cepa.
Example:
Many onions are delicious; domesticated onions such as Allium cepa and Allium fistulosum are especially good, but even wild onions such as Allium canadense and Allium validum are nice in small doses.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Common
- #1,553 of 8,600 five-letter words by how often they're used
- Can be a Play Five answer
- As a first guess
- Tests likely letters better than 4% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 3 · Different letters: 3 · Repeated letters: o, n