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esch⋅a⋅lot

  [esh-uh-lot, esh-uh-lot]
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–noun
shallot.
Origin:
1695–1705; < F, MF eschalotte, dim. of eschaloigne scallion
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esch·a·lot   (ěsh'ə-lŏt')   
n.  See shallot.

[Obsolete French eschalotte; see shallot.]
shal·lot   (shāl'ət, shə-lŏt')   
n.   In both senses also called eschalot.

  1. A type of onion with long, pointed, pear-shaped, aggregated bulbs.

  2. The mild-flavored bulb of this plant, used in cookery.


[Obsolete French eschalotte, from Old French eschaloigne, from Vulgar Latin *escalōnia; see scallion.]
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