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Definition of Scallion

1. Noun. Plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum.

2. Noun. A young onion before the bulb has enlarged; eaten in salads.

Definition of Scallion

1. n. A kind of small onion (Allium Ascalonicum), native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot.

Definition of Scallion

1. Noun. (qualifier now chiefly US) A spring onion, ''Allium fistulosum''. ¹

2. Noun. (qualifier now chiefly US) Any of various similar members of the genus Allium ¹

3. Noun. Any onion that lacks a fully developed bulb. ¹

4. Noun. (US Scotland) A leek. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scallion

1. an onion-like plant [n -S]

Medical Definition of Scallion

1. 1. 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. Origin: OF. Escalone, escaloingne, L. Caepa Ascalonius of Ascalon, fr. Ascalo Ascalon, a town in Palestine. Cf. Shallot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scallion

scalier scaliest scaliness scalinesses scaling scaling ladder scaling ladders scaling laws scalings scaliola

scall scallawag scallawags scalled scallies scallion (current term) scallions scallop scallop shell scallop theorem

scallop theorems scalloped scalloper scallopers scallopine scalloping scallopini scallopinis scallops scalls

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