Scallion
Pronunciation : Scal"lion
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OF. escalone, escaloingne, L. caepa Ascalonius of Ascalon, fr. Ascalo Ascalon, a town in Palestine. Cf. Shallot.]
Definition : 1. (Bot.)
Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913