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1. (n.) scallion
any onion that does not form a large bulb; green onion.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME scalyon(e), ME scalone, scaloun < AF, for OF *escaloigne < VL *escalonia, for L Ascalōnia (caepa) (onion of) Ascalon, a seaport of Palestine)
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1. (noun) leek, scallion, Allium porrum
plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum
2. (noun) green onion, spring onion, scallion
a young onion before the bulb has enlarged; eaten in salads
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1. (noun) scallion
a kind of small onion (Allium Ascalonicum), native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot
2. (noun) scallion
any onion which does not "bottom out," but remains with a thick stem like a leek
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