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Scallion - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Scallion : (noun)
1: plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping
dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived
from the wild Allium ampeloprasum [syn: leek, Allium
porrum]
2: young onion before the bulb has enlarged [syn: green onion]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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