scallion
Plural: scallions
Noun
- A young onion-like plant with a small bulb and long green leaves.
- plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum
- a young onion before the bulb has enlarged; eaten in salads
- A spring onion, Allium fistulosum.
- Any of various similar members of the genus Allium.
- Any onion that lacks a fully developed bulb.
- A leek.
Examples
- He played SCALLION for a great score, adding a fresh flavor to his game.
Origin / 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).
Synonyms
Allium porrum, green onion, leek, spring onion
Scrabble Score: 10
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scallion: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary