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scallion |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 2. Any onion which does not ``bottom out,'' but remains with a thick stem like a leek. --Amer. Cyc. From WordNet r 1.6 [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}]
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