Allium ascalonicum

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Allium ascalonicum
    n 1: type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored
         bulbs used as seasoning [syn: {shallot}, {eschalot},
         {multiplier onion}, {Allium cepa aggregatum}, {Allium
         ascalonicum}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Scallion \Scal"lion\, n. [OF. escalone, eschaloingne, L. caepa
   Ascalonia onion of Ascalon; caepa onion + Ascalonius of
   Ascalon, fr. Ascalo Ascalon, a town in Palestine. Cf.
   {Shallot}.]
   1. (Bot.) A kind of small onion ({Allium Ascalonicum}),
      native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Any onion which does not "bottom out," but remains with a
      thick stem like a leek. --Amer. Cyc.
      [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   [1913 Webster]

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