flowering onion
- noun
- /ˈflaʊərɪŋ ˈʌnɪn/
:
cebolla en flor
- She planted flowering onions along the border for their beautiful white blossoms.
Examples
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The flowering onion adds a striking spherical bloom to the summer garden.
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Gardeners often choose the flowering onion for its ornamental value as well as its resilience.
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The flowering onion adds beauty to the garden.
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I planted several flowering onions last spring.
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Gardeners often choose the flowering onion for its ornamental value in landscaping.
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She planted flowering onions along the garden pathway because of their beautiful white blossoms.
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The flowering onion is popular for its striking, spherical flowers that enhance any garden.
Synonyms
A small onion-like perennial plant with clusters of white star-shaped flowers
A small onion plant with white flower clusters often grown in gardens and used in cooking
A small wild onion with clusters of white flowers from Mediterranean regions
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an onion that produces flowers' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'flowering' (bearing blossoms) with 'onion' (the plant). This compound follows a common descriptive noun pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the intended ornamental/flowering variety.
Etymology
Flowering onion is a plant name that comes from onion bulbs that send up a tall stem topped by a round ball of small flowers. Flowering shows it makes flowers and onion shows it comes from an onion bulb, so the name simply means 'an onion that makes flowers' and explains why gardeners grow it for its pretty blooms.
