I always think that Caius will be like Aro, old with onion-like skin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Twilight Lexicon » Meet Caius!] Reference

I think this book is a little onion-like... you end up having to peel away layers to get at the goods.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reviews of fantasy and science fiction books] Reference

A star named Cassiopeia A blew up in such a tidy manner that it retained much of its original onion-like layering. (w/pic).    From Wordnik.com.  [Photos of the Destruction of ‘Cassiopeia A’ | Impact Lab] Reference

And his great story telling ability becomes more obvious as you read the books and the deeper and deeper layers of the onion-like true history of the Paratwa is revealed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oldie Book Review: "Liege-Killer" by Christopher Hinz] Reference

As I surveyed our provisions this weekend, I decided to turn those squash, chestnuts, and figs into a simple autumn ragout- it needed something else savory and I chose fennel bulb, with its sweet onion-like taste and hint of spice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Squash, Fig, Fennel, and Chestnut Ragout] Reference

The book is something of a character study and a treatise on the emotional impact of the rejeuvenation technology, but although Hamilton can certainly create cool characters, he is less adept at providing them with onion-like layers of complexity and depth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Misspent Youth by Peter F. Hamilton] Reference

An onion-like plant, the bulbs of which are used for flavoring.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)] Reference

She draws and labels a daffodil, making special note of the round, onion-like bulb.    From Wordnik.com.  [LaPaz Home Learning] Reference

All he added was an onion-like dome on top of the building to make it look like a mosque.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

Thus big hailstones have an onion-like structure, which is revealed when they are broken open.    From Wordnik.com.  [Modern Mechanix] Reference

University standing in front of the vacuum furnace that was used for the synthesis of onion-like carbon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newswise: Latest News] Reference

I won't go any further with the synopsis, since the onion-like plot relies on a steady peeling away of deceptions.    From Wordnik.com.  [CBC | Top Stories News] Reference

The ATLAS detector has an onion-like structure; it comprises several different detectors layered upon one another.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

These tender little onion-like plants have a bad reputation because of their strong smell, but actually they are surprisingly mild.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

With these onion-like roots, should it not be found preferable to treat them as potatoes, there is made a sort of flour very rich and glutinous.    From Wordnik.com.  [Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery] Reference

When this mixed with bacteria usually found under the arm, it was transformed into a chemical called thiol, well known for its onion-like smell.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World Telegraph] Reference

Scientists consider this onion-like asteroid to be a protoplanet, a relic from an early phase of planet formation more than 41 /2 billion years ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference

Gartner and Bertozzi assembled three types of cultured cells into onion-like layers by using two established technologies: DNA hybridization and Staudinger chemistry.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

"We were able to construct an amazing image, and reveal the onion-like structure of the atmosphere of a giant star at a late stage of its life for the first time," says Antoine Merand, member of the team.    From Wordnik.com.  [SpaceRef Top Stories] Reference

Near the bus station/stop there are a few small food vendors doing take away for jungle trekkers. we bought two triangle brown paper bundles full of coconut rice, fried anchovies, egg and a onion-like sauce.    From Wordnik.com.  [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference

Foraging has also enjoyed a renaissance of sorts, with professional gatherers searching out delicacies like ramps (an onion-like plant), fiddleheads, and wild mushrooms for sale to Boston and New York buyers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reader - MassLive.com] Reference

α phase consists of closely packed onion-like vesicles.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

“What's this?” demanded the senator; he had found a parchment on which I had drawn a large onion-like plant.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Two For The Lions]

And onion-like layers of Nature at that.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seed in multiple directions, see which pans out, and then dive into that stream] Reference

Drexel and co-author, said, "We use electrodes made of onion-like carbon, a material in which each individual particle is made up of concentric spheres of carbon atoms, similar to the layers of an onion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newswise: Latest News] Reference

Immunology onion-like carbon.    From Wordnik.com.  [innovations-report] Reference

Several, onion-like, cavernous levels.    From Wordnik.com.  [Meredith Fineman: MILLIONAIRE MATCHMAKER LIVE BLOG: Sit, Paris Hilton, Heel!] Reference