Welsh onion

English

Etymology

Welsh is used in the sense of “foreign”, not in the sense “from Wales” – compare walnut, whose wal- is of the same ultimate origin.

Noun

Welsh onion (plural Welsh onions)

1. A species of onion (Allium fistulosum).

Synonyms

• spring onion
• Japanese bunching onion

Translations

Allium fistulosum

Chinese: Mandarin: 蔥 (zh), 葱 (zh) (cōng), 大蔥 (zh), 大葱 (zh) (dàcōng) Finnish: pillisipuli (fi), talvisipuli (fi) German: Frühlingszwiebel (de)

Khmer: ខ្ទឹមខ្យល់ (km) (ktɨm kyɑl) Russian: лук-батун (ru) (luk-batún) m. Spanish: cebolleta (es) f. Swedish: piplök (sv) c.

External links

• Welsh onion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia