Hypertext Webster Gateway: "shallot"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rocambole \Roc"am*bole\, n. [F.] [Written also {rokambole}.]
(Bot.)
A name of {Allium Scorodoprasum} and {A. Ascalonium}, two
kinds of garlic, the latter of which is also called
{shallot}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shallot \Shal*lot"\, n. [OF. eschalote (for escalone), F.
['e]chalote. See {Scallion}, and cf. {Eschalot}.] (Bot.)
A small kind of onion ({Allium Ascalonicum}) growing in
clusters, and ready for gathering in spring; a scallion, or
eschalot.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
shallot
n 1: aggregated bulb of the multiplier onion
2: type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored
bulbs used as seasoning [syn: {eschalot}, {multiplier
onion}, {Allium cepa aggregatum}, {Allium ascalonicum}]
3: small mild-flavored onion- or garlic-like clustered bulbs
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