green onion

noun

: a young onion pulled before the bulb has enlarged and used especially in salads

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Separating the white and green halves of a green onion? Simon Hill, Wired News, 31 Mar. 2025 One slice was vegetarian, thickly layered with masala sauce, paneer, spinach, and eggplant, plus garlic, ginger, green onions, and a sprinkling of fresh cilantro. Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025 However, on November 25, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced that a laboratory error incorrectly caused the recall concerning Church Brothers Farms' green onions. Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025 According to them, veggie-garden essentials include snap peas, green onions, purple hull peas, okra, collards, sweet peas, squash, black-eyed peas, and of course, tomatoes. Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for green onion

Word History

First Known Use

1577, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of green onion was in 1577

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“Green onion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/green%20onion. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.

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green onion

noun
: a young onion that is pulled from the ground before the bulb has become large

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