noun.
A bunching onion or a young onion harvested before the bulb develops.
noun.
Any of several onionlike plants, such as a shallot.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The shallot, Allium Ascalonicum, especially a variety majus; also, the leek, and the common onion when sown thick so as not to form a large bulb.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A kind of small onion (Allium Ascalonicum), native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot.
noun.
Any onion which does not “bottom out,” but remains with a thick stem like a leek.
noun.
Any of various similar members of the genusAllium.
noun.
Any onion that lacks a fully developed bulb.
noun.
A leek.
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noun.
a young onion before the bulb has enlarged; eaten in salads
noun.
plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum
Word Usage
"The name scallion comes from the ancient seaport town of Ascalon modern-day Ashkelon in Israel."