leek, scallion, Allium porrum
(noun) plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum
Source: WordNet® 3.1
scallion (plural scallions)
(now, chiefly, US) A spring onion, Allium fistulosum.
(now, chiefly, US) Any of various similar members of the genus Allium.
Any onion that lacks a fully developed bulb.
(US, Scotland) A leek.
• spring onion
• green onion
• Callison, oncillas
Source: Wiktionary
Scal"lion, n. Etym: [OF. escalone, escaloingne, L. caepa Ascalonius of Ascalon, fr. Ascalo Ascalon, a town in Palestine. Cf. Shallot.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 June 2025
(noun) (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business; “he is the owner of a chain of restaurants”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
