"walking onion" meaning in All languages combined

See walking onion on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: walking onions [plural]
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. Head templates: {{en-noun}} walking onion (plural walking onions)
  1. tree onion
    Sense id: en-walking_onion-en-noun-rtoT9i8k Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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