shallots

[shal-uht, shuh-lot]

shal·lot

[shal-uht, 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.

Origin:
1655–65; aphetic variant of earlier eschalot < French échalote, diminutive of Middle French eschaloigne scallion
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