Pungent bulb (5)

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onion

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

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

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