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garlion en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• ɡärʹlyən (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From blend of garlic + onion.

Meanings

1. (obsolete, rare) A hybrid vegetable resulting from a cross between garlic and onion.
   • The garlion is a cross between the garlic and onion; the topeppo combines the tomato and the pepper. We have the odorless onion, the odorless cabbage, the lemon cucumber that grows on a vine but looks like a lemon, and a giant cucumber 1936, The Reader's Digest, volume 29, page 99:
   • Garlions are being offered on the market as a compromise cross between garlic and onions for those who cannot quite make up their minds to take garlic to their bosom. 1937, Consumers' Guide, volume 4, page 12:
   • Garlion isn't what the growers were looking for, but it has made a hit with customers at Dean & DeLuca, a New York specialty food store that sells the bulbs for $2.25 to $2.95 a pound. 1983, Attenzione, volume 5:

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