Definition of SCALLION

scallion

Meanings

Plural: scallions

Noun

  • plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum
  • a young onion before the bulb has enlarged; eaten in salads
  • A spring onion, Allium fistulosum.
  • Any of various similar members of the genus Allium.
  • Any onion that lacks a fully developed bulb.
  • A leek.

Origin / 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).

Synonyms

Allium porrum, green onion, leek, spring onion

Scrabble Score: 10

scallion is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
scallion is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
scallion is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

scallion is a valid Words With Friends word