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[ONE HEAD.] ō-nic-8-10, nic'-8-10, subst. [Ital.] A variety of onyx used for making cameo. ( Brande.) on-ion (i as y), subst. [Fr. oignon, from Lat. unionem, acc us. of unio a single onion, from unus =one.] Botany, Horticulture, .: 1. Allium cep a , and the genus Allium. The onion, which has a coated bulbous root and large fistular leaves, has been cultivated from a very early age (Num. xi. 51). It is generally sown in rich, loamy, and rather moist soil in March; afterward it is thinned and weeded, and the soil stirred. It is ready to be taken up in September. It may be kept through the winter. A variety of it is called the potato, or underground onion. It multiplies in bulbs below the ground. 2. Various plants of other genera, more or le resembling the common onion. [OSMUNDA.] onion-eyed, a. Having the eyes filled with tears, as through the use of an onion; ready to weep. "I, an a , am onion-eyed." Shakesp.: An tony and Cleopatra , iv. 2. onion-shell, s. A popular name for a species of oyster of roundish form; also for some species of Mya and Lutraria. ( Ann andale .)