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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a young onion before the bulb has enlarged; eaten in salads
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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.