Onion in Biblical History

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What is an Onion?
ON'ION
, a well-known garden vegetable which grew in great perfection in Egypt, and was longed for by the Israelites. Num 11:5. The onions of Egypt are of large size and exquisite flavor, "differing from the onions of our country as much as a bad turnip differs in palatableness from a good apple."

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