'Allium Ascalonicum' definitions:
Definition of 'Allium ascalonicum'
From: WordNet
noun
Type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning [syn: shallot, eschalot, multiplier onion, Allium cepa aggregatum, Allium ascalonicum]
Definition of 'Allium Ascalonicum'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any onion which does not "bottom out," but remains with a thick stem like a leek. --Amer. Cyc. [1913 Webster]