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Definition of Purple onion
1. Noun. Flat mild onion having purplish tunics; used as garnish on hamburgers and salads.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Purple Onion
Literary usage of Purple onion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Vancouver and Victoria by Ulysses Travel Edito Staff (2003)
"The purple onion Cabaret .ss weekends, $5 weekdays 15 Water St., third floor •0602-9442
The purple onion is a popular two-room venue featuring live music ..."
2. Western Canada by Paul-Eric Dumontier, Jennifer McMorran, Pierre Longnus (2004)
"The purple onion Cabaret $8 weekends, $5 weekdays 15 Water St., third floor •0602-9442
The purple onion is a popular two-room venue featuring live music and ..."
3. Canada 2002 by Wayne C. Thompson (2003)
"Sonar 66 Water St. This very big Gastown venue offers an alternative and underground
DJ format as well as some live shows. Gay-friendly. The purple onion ..."
4. The Gardener's Magazine, and Register of Rural & Domestic Improvement by John Claudius Loudon (1827)
"... a stove shrub, from Sumatra, with white flowers in July. — Cuttings. 1034.
Allium longifolium, long leaved purple onion ; Hexan. ..."
5. The Virginia Handbook by Blair Howard, Mary K. Burnham, Bill Burnham (2005)
"purple onion Restaurant and Tiki Bar, 215 Main Street, Danville, a 434-791-3810,
serves burgers and seafood. Sir Richard's Steakhouse, US 58 East, Danville, ..."
6. Handbook of Hardy Herbaceous & Alpine Flowers by William Sutherland (1871)
"A. roseum (Rosy-purple Onion).—This species is smaller in every way than the last.
The leaves are narrow, lance-shaped, flat, and not confined to the root, ..."
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