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scallion
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun scallion has 2 senses
- scallion(n = noun.plant) allium porrum, leek - plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum; Array has parts: leek
- scallion(n = noun.food) green onion, spring onion - a young onion before the bulb has enlarged; eaten in salads; Array is a kind of onion
is a kind of alliaceous plant
CIDE DICTIONARY
scallion, n. [OF. escalone, eschaloingne, L. caepa Ascalonia onion of Ascalon; caepa onion + Ascalonius of Ascalon, fr. Ascalo Ascalon, a town in Palestine. Cf. Shallot.].
- A kind of small onion (
Allium Ascalonicum ), native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot. [1913 Webster] - Any onion which does not “bottom out,” but remains with a thick stem like a leek. Amer. Cyc. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
scallion, n. a shallot or spring onion; any long-necked onion with a small bulb.
Etymology
ME f. AF scal(o)un = OF escalo(i)gne ult. f. L Ascalonia (caepa) (onion) of Ascalon in anc. Palestine
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