[skal-yuh
n] 
| 1. | any onion that does not form a large bulb; green onion. |
| 2. | a shallot. |
| 3. | a leek. |
| scal·lion (skāl'yən) n.
[Middle English scaloun, from Anglo-Norman scalun, from Vulgar Latin *escalōnia, alteration of Latin (caepa) Ascalōnia, Ascalonian (onion), shallot, feminine of Ascalōnius, Ascalonian, from Ascalō, Ascalōn-, Ascalon (Ashkelon), an ancient city of southwest Palestine, from Hebrew ašqəlôn; see ṯql in Semitic roots.] |
