English Explanatory Dictionary

walking onion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. tree onion

Word forms

walking onion walking onions

Etymology

So called because the bulblets will sprout and grow while still on the original stalk, which may bend down under the weight of the new growth and take root some distance from the parent plant.

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