scallion

Noun
Synonyms: leekAllium porrumgreen onionspring onion

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasumSynonyms: leekAllium porrum
  2. a young onion before the bulb has enlarged; eaten in saladsSynonyms: green onionspring onion
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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]

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