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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 2. Any onion which does not "bottom out," but remains with a thick stem like a leek. --Amer. Cyc. [1913 Webster]
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Allium ascalonicum n 1: type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning [syn: shallot, eschalot, multiplier onion, Allium cepa aggregatum, Allium ascalonicum]