Vegetable with papery skin (5)
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I believe the answer is:
onion
(Other definitions for onion that I've seen before include "Tear-jerking bulb" , "Aromatic flavourful versatile vegetable" , "associated with 26 [TRIPE] ?" , "Edible tear-jerker" , "veggie" .)