spring onion

noun

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Ramps, sometimes called wild garlic or spring onions, have two, flat, broad green leaves about 10 inches tall, beneath which are white stalks fastened to small light-colored bulbs under the soil. Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025 An employee-run herb garden provides the hotels’ restaurants with basil, chili, kaffir lime, okra, spring onions, and edible flowers. Sherrie Nachman, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025 Cold-Hardy Vegetables Vegetables that do best in cool weather, such as broccoli and other brassicas, spinach, peas, radishes, and spring onions, can be started in winter too. Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Dec. 2024 To serve, ladle the chili into bowls and finish with toppings like fresh cilantro, spring onions and cheese with tortillas and lime wedges on the side. Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 5 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for spring onion

Word History

First Known Use

1758, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of spring onion was in 1758

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“Spring onion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spring%20onion. Accessed 11 May. 2025.

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