SCALLION

Scallion

A scallion is one of various Allium species, all of which have hollow green leaves, but which lack a fully developed root bulb. It has a relatively mild onion flavour, and is used as a vegetable, either raw or cooked. Many other names are used, including green onion, spring onion, salad onion, table onion, green shallot, onion stick, long onion, baby onion, precious onion, yard onion, gibbon, or syboe.

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scallion

Noun

  1. A spring onion, Allium fistulosum.
  2. Any of various similar members of the genus Allium.
  3. Any onion that lacks a fully developed bulb.
  4. A leek.


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