allium ascalonicum

Noun

Synonyms: shallot eschalot multiplier onion Allium cepa aggregatum Allium ascalonicum

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoningSynonyms: shallot eschalot multiplier onion Allium cepa aggregatum Allium ascalonicum

Webster's Dictionary (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. [1913 Webster]

2.Any onion which does not "bottom out," but remains with a thick stem like a leek. --Amer. Cyc. [1913 Webster]

Shallot \Shal*lot"\, n. [OF. eschalote (for escalone), F. ['e]chalote. See Scallion, and cf. Eschalot.] (Bot.) A small kind of onion (Allium Ascalonicum) growing in clusters, and ready for gathering in spring; a scallion, or eschalot. [1913 Webster]