SCALLION

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

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Etymology

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• spring onion

• green onion

Anagrams

• Callison, oncillas

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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