Scallion
WordNet

noun


(1)   Young onion before the bulb has enlarged
(2)   Plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum
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Etymology


Anglo-Norman scalun (cognate with Old French escalogne), from a Proto-Romance derivation of Latin Ascalonia ‘shallot’, from AscaloAscalon’ an ancient Palestinian port.

Noun



  1. A spring onion, Allium fistulosum.
  2. Any of various similar members of the genus Allium
  3. Any onion that lacks a fully developed bulb.
  4. A leek.
 
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