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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. aggregate bulb of the multiplier onion;

2. type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning;
[syn: shallot, eschalot, multiplier onion, Allium cepa aggregatum, Allium ascalonicum]

3. small mild-flavored onion-like or garlic-like clustered bulbs used for seasoning; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
   [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rocambole \Roc"am*bole\, n. [F.] [Written also rokambole.]
   (Bot.)
   A name of Allium Scorodoprasum and Allium Ascalonium, two
   kinds of garlic, the latter of which is also called
   shallot.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

shallot
    n 1: aggregate bulb of the multiplier onion
    2: type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored
       bulbs used as seasoning [syn: shallot, eschalot,
       multiplier onion, Allium cepa aggregatum, Allium
       ascalonicum]
    3: small mild-flavored onion-like or garlic-like clustered bulbs
       used for seasoning