Category:Scallion

Scal"lion, n. Etym: [of. escalone, escaloingne, l. caepa ascalonius Of ascalon, fr. Ascalo ascalon, a town in palestine. Cf. Shallot.]

1. (bot.)

Defn: 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.