name
Meaning 1
A surname from Irish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
scallion
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Pronunciation
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[ˈskæ.lɪ.ən]
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[ˈskæ.ljn̩]
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CMU ARPABET: S K AE1 L Y AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A spring onion, Allium fistulosum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, US
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noun
Meaning 3
Any of various similar members of the genus Allium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, US
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noun
Meaning 4
Any onion that lacks a fully developed bulb.
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noun
Meaning 5
A leek.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, US
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noun
Meaning 6
a young onion before the bulb has enlarged; eaten in salads
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: green onion, spring onion
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Broader terms: onion
noun
Meaning 7
plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: leek, Allium porrum
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Broader terms: alliaceous plant
History
Etymology
Variant of Scullion.
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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