scallion
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]scallion (plural scallions)
- (now chiefly US, Ireland) A spring onion, Allium fistulosum.
- (now chiefly US, Ireland) Any of various similar members of the genus Allium.
- Any onion that lacks a fully developed bulb.
- (US, Scotland) A leek.
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[edit](spring onion):
Derived terms
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[edit]Allium fistulosum — see spring onion
See also
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[edit]- scallion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Allium fistulosum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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[edit]Jamaican Creole
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[edit]scallion (plural scallion dem, quantified scallion)
- bunching onion, green onion, leek, scallion, spring onion, Welsh onion
- Scallion a $20, $30, but right now it a sell fi $120 because di rain naah fall.
- Spring onions cost between J$20 and J$30, but they're being sold for J$120 at the moment because there hasn't been any rain.
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