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SCALLION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A young onion before the bulb has enlarged; eaten in salads
Synonyms:
green onion; scallion; spring onion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("scallion" is a kind of...):
onion (an aromatic flavorful vegetable)
Domain region:
United States (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum
Synonyms:
Allium porrum; leek; scallion
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("scallion" is a kind of...):
alliaceous plant (bulbous plants having a characteristic pungent onion odor)
Meronyms (parts of "scallion"):
leek (related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves)
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