Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scallion"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scallion \Scal"lion\, n. [OF. escalone, eschaloingne, L. caepa
Ascalonia onion of Ascalon; caepa onion + Ascalonius of
Ascalon, fr. Ascalo Ascalon, a town in Palestine. Cf.
{Shallot}.]
1. (Bot.) 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
scallion
n 1: plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping
dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived
from the wild Allium ampeloprasum [syn: {leek}, {Allium
porrum}]
2: young onion before the bulb has enlarged [syn: {green onion}]
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