shallot
noun
- a small onion (Allium ascalonicum) whose clustered bulbs, like garlic but milder, are used for flavoring
- green onion
See shallot in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(shălˈət, shə-lŏtˈ)
noun In both senses also called
eschalot.
- A type of onion with long, pointed, pear-shaped, aggregated bulbs.
- The mild-flavored bulb of this plant, used in cookery.
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