Shallot

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

shallot
    n 1: aggregate bulb of the multiplier onion
    2: type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored
       bulbs used as seasoning [syn: {shallot}, {eschalot},
       {multiplier onion}, {Allium cepa aggregatum}, {Allium
       ascalonicum}]
    3: small mild-flavored onion-like or garlic-like clustered bulbs
       used for seasoning

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]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Rocambole \Roc"am*bole\, n. [F.] [Written also {rokambole}.]
   (Bot.)
   A name of {Allium Scorodoprasum} and {Allium Ascalonium}, two
   kinds of garlic, the latter of which is also called
   {shallot}.
   [1913 Webster]

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