cibarian (sibarian)

[L. cibarius, pertaining to food (see cibarious ), + -an. Cf. F. cibaire.] In entom., pertaining to or characterized by the structure of the organs of the mouth. - Cibarian system, a system of cla ification, first proposed by Fabric i us, in which all the arthropods were arranged in conformity with the structure of the trophi. The same term has been applied to various sys tems founded on the mouth-parts. cicada cebolla = Pg. cebola = It. cipolla = LG. zipolle, zipel = OHG. zwibollo, zwivolle, MHG. zibolle, zwibolle, zwippel, zwifel, zebulle, G. zwiebel (> Dan. svibel, flower-bulb), LL. cæpull a, a bed of onions): see cep a, cive, chive2.] 1. The shallot, Allium As cal on i cum. Chibol les and che ruelles and ripe chiries man ye, And profred Peres this present to plese with hunger. Piers Plowman (B), vi. 296. Ye eating rascals, Whose gods are beef and brewis! whose brave angers Do execution upon these and chibbals ! Fletcher, Bonduc a, i. 2. plant of the same genus, A. fistu losum, sometimes called the Welsh onion, a na2. Another plant tive of Asia, but cultivated in various parts of Europe, its fistulous leaves being used in cooking like those of the shallot.