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Name the very popular vegetable which takes its name from the late Latin word for a single white pearl?

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Name the very popular vegetable which takes its name from the late Latin word for a single white pearl?
posted Aug 30, 2016 by Atindra Kumar Nath

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Thanks for the query.
It is Onion. (Latin 'unio').

Origin of word:
Latin: unio -> Old French: Oignon -> English: Onion

Definition of unio as per Merriam - Webster Dictionary: the type genus of the family Unionidae comprising freshwater mussels that have an oblong shell pearly within and covered without by a greenish or blackish epidermis.
Source: The web
unio at Merriam - Webster: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unio

answer Aug 30, 2016 by Indranil Datta
Thanks and appreciated.
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Margarita ??? Just Guessing !

answer Aug 30, 2016 by Pankaj Maurya
Pyaz or Kanda (Onion) hai bhai
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