red onion

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red onion

noun red onions

A type of onion with reddish purplish skin. Marcus Empiricus, a Roma physician, prescribed three scruples of cress, three of red onion, three of pine seed, three of Indian nard, for impotence.
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noun a type of onion with reddish purplish skin

Español	cebolla roja
Português	cebola-roxa
Français	oignon rouge
Română	ceapă roșie
Русский	красний лук krasnij luk
العربية	بَصَل أَحْمَر baṣal ʔaḥmar, بَصَل أَرْجُوَانِيّ baṣal ʔarjuwāniyy

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@misc{red_onion_2026,
  title = {red onion},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/red%20onion},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}