scallion

scal·lion

S0118100 (skăl′yən)n.1. A bunching onion or a young onion harvested before the bulb develops. Also called green onion.2. Any of several onionlike plants, such as a shallot.

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[Middle English scaloun, from Anglo-Norman scalun, from Vulgar Latin *escalōnia, alteration of Latin (caepa) Ascalōnia, Ascalonian (onion), shallot, feminine of Ascalōnius, Ascalonian, from AscalōAscalōn-, , Ascalon (Ashkelon), an ancient city of southwest Palestine, from Hebrew 'ašqəlôn; see ṯql in Semitic roots.]

scallion

(ˈskæljən) n (Cookery) any of various onions or similar plants, such as the spring onion, that have a small bulb and long leaves and are eaten in salads. Also called: green onion [C14: from Anglo-French scalun, from Latin Ascalōnia (caepa) Ascalonian (onion), from Ascalo Ascalon, a Palestinian port]

scal•lion

(ˈskæl yən)

n. 1. any onion that does not form a large bulb; green onion. 2. shallot. 3. leek. [1375–1425; late Middle English scalyon(e), Middle English scalone, scaloun < Anglo-French, for Old French *escaloigne < Vulgar Latin *escalonia, for Latin Ascalōnia (caepa) (onion of) Ascalon, a seaport of Palestine]

scallion

A collective term for salad vegetables with small root bulbs and long leaves, e.g. green onion.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	scallion - plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasumAllium porrum, leekleek - related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leavesalliaceous plant - bulbous plants having a characteristic pungent onion odor
	2.	scallion - a young onion before the bulb has enlarged; eaten in saladsgreen onion, spring oniononion - an aromatic flavorful vegetableU.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

Translations

小葱

scallion

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