Scallion
/[ˈskæ.lɪ.ən]/ name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A spring onion, Allium fistulosum. Ireland, US
- 2 a young onion before the bulb has enlarged; eaten in salads wordnet
- 3 Any of various similar members of the genus Allium. Ireland, US
- 4 plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum wordnet
- 5 Any onion that lacks a fully developed bulb.
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- 6 A leek. Scotland, US
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from Irish.
Example
More examples"I usually discard the green part of the scallion, but my mom uses the whole thing."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English scaloun (“shallot”), from Anglo-Norman scalun (variant of Old French eschaloigne), from a Proto-Romance derivation of Vulgar Latin *escalonia, from Latin Ascalonius (in caepa (“onion”) Ascalonius, "shallot"), from Ascalo (“Ascalon”), from Ancient Greek Ἀσκάλων (Askálōn, “Ascalon, an ancient port city in the Levant”), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אַשְׁקְלוֹן (ʾašqəlôn).
Etymology 2
Variant of Scullion.
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