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Scallion

Scallion Meaning & Definition
Scallion Definition And Meaning

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

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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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