Found 2 items, similar to Scallion.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: scallion 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Scallion 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Any onion which does not “bottom out,” but remains with a thick stem like a leek. --Amer. Cyc. [1913 Webster]