scallion
noun/ˈskæ.lɪ.ən/
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).
- derived from אַשְׁקְלוֹן
- derived from Ascalonius
- derived from *escalonia✻
- derived from scalun
Definitions
A spring onion, Allium fistulosum.
Any of various similar members of the genus Allium.
Any onion that lacks a fully developed bulb.
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A leek.
A surname from Irish.
The neighborhood
- synonymspring onion
- synonymgreen onion
- neighborchive
- neighborshallot
- neighborspring onion
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for scallion. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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