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shal⋅lot
[shal-uh
t, shuh-lot] 
–noun
| 1. | a plant, Allium cepa aggregatum (or A. ascalonicum), related to the onion, having a divided bulb used for flavoring in cookery. |
| 2. | the bulb of this plant. |
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| shal·lot (shāl'ət, shə-lŏt') n. In both senses also called eschalot.
[Obsolete French eschalotte, from Old French eschaloigne, from Vulgar Latin *escalōnia; see scallion.] |
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Shallot
Shal*lot"\, n. [OF. eschalote (for escalone), F. ['e]chalote. See Scallion, and cf. Eschalot.] (Bot.) A small kind of onion (Allium Ascalonicum) growing in clusters, and ready for gathering in spring; a scallion, or eschalot.
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shallot
1664, from Fr. échalote, from M.Fr. eschalotte, from O.Fr. eschaloigne, from V.L. *escalonia (see scallion).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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