1. Noun
A kind of small onion (Allium Ascalonicum), native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot.
2. Noun
Any onion which does not "bottom out," but remains with a thick stem like a leek.
3. Noun
plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum
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