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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Scallion \Scal"lion\, noun [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.
2. Any onion which does not "bottom out," but remains with a thick stem like a leek. --Amer. Cyc.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Shallot \Shal*lot"\, noun [OF. eschalote (for escalone), F. ['e]chalote. See {Scallion}, and cf. {Eschalot}.] (Bot.) A small kind of onion ({Allium Ascalonicum}) growing in clusters, and ready for gathering in spring; a scallion, or eschalot.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noun
1: type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning [syn: {shallot}, {eschalot}, {multiplier onion}, {Allium cepa aggregatum}, {Allium ascalonicum}]
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