scallion
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A bundle of scallions (spring onions, Allium fistulosum).
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English
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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).
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Noun
scallion (plural scallions)
- (now chiefly US, Ireland) A spring onion, Allium fistulosum.
- (now chiefly US, Ireland) Any of various similar members of the genus Allium.
- Any onion that lacks a fully developed bulb.
- (US, Scotland) A leek.
Synonyms
(spring onion):
Derived terms
Translations
Allium fistulosum — see spring onion
See also
Further reading
scallion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Allium fistulosum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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Jamaican Creole
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
scallion (plural scallion dem, quantified scallion)
- bunching onion, green onion, leek, scallion, spring onion, Welsh onion
- Scallion a $20, $30, but right now it a sell fi $120 because di rain naah fall.
- Spring onions cost between J$20 and J$30, but they're being sold for J$120 at the moment because there hasn't been any rain.