scallion

== English == === Alternative forms === scullion === 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). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈskæ.lɪ.ən], [ˈskæ.ljn̩] === Noun === 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. ==== Synonyms ==== (spring onion): spring onion green onion ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === chive shallot spring onion === Further reading === scallion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Allium fistulosum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies === Anagrams === Callison, oncillas == Jamaican Creole == === Etymology === From English scallion. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈskɛljan/ Hyphenation: scall‧ion === Noun === scallion (plural scallion dem, quantified scallion) bunching onion, green onion, leek, scallion, spring onion, Welsh onion