2006-09-29 13:17:51 · 17 answers · asked by a i 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
Bulb.
2006-09-29 13:20:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Edible onion is a couple of things, but not a root or a flower:
* It's a bulb -- that's the white part you dice into rings.
* It's also foliage -- those are the grass-like onion greens above soil, that you chop up like chives. They actually taste really good. I grow an onion in a little pot beside my sink window so I can cut fresh ones for my food.
2006-09-29 16:54:18 · answer #2 · answered by Em 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ohh... this one is tricky!
It is neither the root or the flower...
and onion is a STEM.
It makes sense.... think of an onion... it has roots coming out the bottom (so clearly the part u eat is not the root)... if you let the onion grow you will see green stuff growing out the top (the onion you eat is the "Inbetween" part :)
good question
2006-09-30 06:31:31 · answer #3 · answered by Katie P 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The onion plant has both a flower and a root, but the round vegetable we call "onion" is the root of that plant. Green onions, shallots, etc., are another matter. I don't think they are roots, but they aren't flowers either.
2006-09-29 13:28:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Root
2006-09-29 13:19:04 · answer #5 · answered by Ready to learn 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
neither, it's a bulb. Roots frow from under it, and flowers grow from the top of it.
2006-09-29 15:56:26 · answer #6 · answered by Sugar Pie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bulb
2006-09-29 18:37:18 · answer #7 · answered by Robin 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think onion is a root. don't most flowers smell good?
2006-09-29 13:23:04 · answer #8 · answered by hi.doggy! 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
My guess is a root
2006-09-29 13:25:37 · answer #9 · answered by mabell1025 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it's a bulb thingy type root.
2006-09-29 13:34:54 · answer #10 · answered by sugar n' spice 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋