【医】 冬洋葱(小洋葱)

[ noun ]
type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning
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Scallion \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.


Shallot \Shal*lot"\, n. [OF. eschalote (for escalone), F.
['e]chalote. See {Scallion}, and cf. {Eschalot}.] (Bot.)
A small kind of onion ({Allium Ascalonicum}) growing in
clusters, and ready for gathering in spring; a scallion, or
eschalot.