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Allium Ascalonicum

Scallion \Scal"lion\, n. [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.

Allium Ascalonicum

Shallot \Shal*lot"\, n. [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.