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shallot |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rocambole \Roc"am*bole\, n. [F.] [Written also {rokambole}.] (Bot.) A name of {Allium Scorodoprasum} and {A. Ascalonium}, two kinds of garlic, the latter of which is also called {shallot}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: shallot n 1: aggregated bulb of the multiplier onion 2: type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning [syn: {eschalot}, {multiplier onion}, {Allium cepa aggregatum}, {Allium ascalonicum}] 3: small mild-flavored onion- or garlic-like clustered bulbs
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