Meaning of SCALLION
| Pronunciation: | | 'skalyun
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | Allium porrum, green onion, leek |
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| | See Also: | | alliaceous plant, onion | |
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| | Definition: | | \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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