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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shallot (ʃəˈlɒt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  Also called: scallion an alliaceous plant, Allium ascalonicum, cultivated for its edible bulb
2.  the bulb of this plant, which divides into small sections and is used in cooking for flavouring and as a vegetable
 
[C17: from Old French eschalotte, from Old French eschaloigne, from Latin Ascalōnia caepa Ascalonian onion, from Ascalon, a Palestinian town]

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shallot
1664, from Fr. échalote, from M.Fr. eschalotte, from O.Fr. eschaloigne, from V.L. *escalonia (see scallion).
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