Scallion

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scallion \Scal"lion\, n. [OF. escalone, eschaloingne, L. caepa
     Ascalonia onion of Ascalon; caepa onion + Ascalonius of
     Ascalon, fr. Ascalo Ascalon, a town in Palestine. Cf.
     {Shallot}.]
     1. (Bot.) A kind of small onion ({Allium Ascalonicum}),
        native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot.


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     2. Any onion which does not "bottom out," but remains with a
        thick stem like a leek. --Amer. Cyc.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  scallion
       n 1: plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping
            dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived
            from the wild Allium ampeloprasum [syn: {leek}, {Allium
            porrum}]
       2: young onion before the bulb has enlarged [syn: {green onion}]