Pungent bulb (5)

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onion

'pungent bulb' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for onion that I've seen before include "Pungent vegetable" , "veggie" , "Bulb used in cooking" , "Eye-watering vegetable" , "Type of allium" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent, The Telegraph, The Irish Times, the Newsday, The Star Tribune, The Times, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Mirror and the LA Times.

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