unio

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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From the genus name, Unio, from Latin ūniō (“large pearl”). Doublet of union.

Onion comes from the Latin unio, which means oneness; also a single pearl of large size resembling the onion. — Orthography : $b as outlined in the state course of study for Illinois : seventh and eighth years, Elmer W. (Elmer Warren) Cavins
There is a feminine tenderness and sensuality in it, which modestly and unconsciously longs for a UNIO MYSTICA ET PHYSICA, as in the case of Madame de Guyon. — Beyond Good and Evil, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
I had the previous winter made a small quantity of lime by burning the shells of the Unio fluviatilis, which our river affords, for the sake of the experiment; so that I knew where my materials came from. — Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau

genus Unio

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