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scallion definition

scal·lion (skal′yən)

noun

any of various onions or onionlike plants, as the shallot, green onion, or leek

Etymology: ME scalon < NormFr escalogne (for OFr eschaloigne) < VL *escalonia < L (caepa) Ascalonia, (onion of) Ascalon (a city in Philistia)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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