Scallion

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A young onion before the development of the bulb.
  • n. Any of several onionlike plants, such as the leek or shallot.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A spring onion, Allium fistulosum.
  • n. Any of various similar members of the genus Allium.
  • n. Any onion that lacks a fully developed bulb.
  • n. A leek.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A kind of small onion (Allium Ascalonicum), native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot.
  • n. Any onion which does not “bottom out,” but remains with a thick stem like a leek.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The shallot, Allium Ascalonicum, especially a variety majus; also, the leek, and the common onion when sown thick so as not to form a large bulb.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a young onion before the bulb has enlarged; eaten in salads
  • n. plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    onion    alliaceous plant   
    Cross Reference
    shallot    spring onion    chive   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    spring onion   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Italian    battalion    gallion    medallion    stallion   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    mezcla    shallot    rich-hued    shalot    talk   
     
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