Onion

Definition

= plant, with hollow leaves and a hollow stem about 30 centimeters tall with a spherical head of flowers; its root is a round bulb made up of tightly packed layers of fleshy, edible tissue; sharp in taste; ◄ Allium cepa; ► considered one of the tasty things from the life of Egypt that the Israelites longed for as they wandered in the Sinai Desert for forty years