A species of Allium or onion: according to 16th cent. writers, the Chibol, Cibol, or Welsh onion, Allium fistulosum; earlier writers appear to…

(a) U.S. The shallot. (b) The Welsh onion or ‘chibol’. (c) An onion which fails to bulb but forms a long neck and strong blade; = spring onion n. at s…

Originally = chibol, n. 1; now, a young or spring onion with the green stalk attached = chibol, n. 2.

a large mild-flavoured variety of onion, the young seedlings of which are also used as spring onions.

A small onion, Allium Ascalonicum, native in Syria and cultivated for use as a flavouring ingredient for salads, sauces, etc.

= shallot, n.

a bulbless onion, cultivated for its leafy tops; = chibol, n. 1.

In full Reading onion. A large, mild variety of white Spanish onion, originally grown around Reading. Now rare.

a small onion.

a variety of onion, Allium cepa var. (aggregatum), in which new bulbs are produced in a cluster at the base of the plant.

A large, mild onion; also, the plant producing a bulb of this kind. Also attributive.

U.S. regional (chiefly east Midland and south-eastern). The wild leek, Allium tricoccum. Cf. ramp, n.7 2.

= scallion, n.

the rock or Welsh onion, Allium fistulosum; in quot. 1904 apparently misused for houseleek, n.

a form of the common onion, Allium cepa aggregatum.

a small pickled pearl onion, typically served on a cocktail stick as party food or as garnish for a cocktail.

a sweet variety of onion grown on the mountain slopes of Maui.