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 Mirror, The Times, the Sydney Morning Herald, the LA Times, The Independent, the Newsday, The Star Tribune, The Telegraph and The Irish Times.

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