About The Word Scallion
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What's The Definition Of Scallion?
[n] young onion before the bulb has enlarged
[n] plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum Synonyms | Synonyms for Scallion: Allium porrum | green onion | leek Related Terms | Find terms related to Scallion: See Also | alliaceous plant | onion Scallion In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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