scallion
noun
- type of edible plant
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: [ˈskæ.lɪ.ən] / [ˈskæ.ljn̩]
name
Etymology: Variant of Scullion.
- A surname from Irish.
noun
Etymology: From Middle English scaloun (“shallot”), from Anglo-Norman scalun (variant of Old French eschaloigne), from a Proto-Romance derivation of Vulgar Latin *escalonia, from Latin Ascalonius (in caepa (“onion”) Ascalonius, "shallot"), from Ascalo (“Ascalon”), from Ancient Greek Ἀσκάλων (Askálōn, “Ascalon, an ancient port city in the Levant”), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אַשְׁקְלוֹן (ʾašqəlôn).
- A spring onion, Allium fistulosum.
- Any of various similar members of the genus Allium.
- Any onion that lacks a fully developed bulb.
- A leek.