Meanings
scallion1
plural scallions · alternative scullion
- FloridaIrelandNortheasternUSA young plant of Allium sp. (typically Welsh onion, onion, or shallot) with tender edible leaves and an undeveloped bulb.
Synonyms: spring onion, green onion
- ScotlandUSA leek.
Scallion2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA young plant of Allium sp. (typically Welsh onion, onion, or shallot) with tender edible leaves and an undeveloped bulb.
More synonyms by meaning
nounplant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum
nouna young onion before the bulb has enlarged; eaten in salads
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
scallion · noun
- Biblical Hebrewאַשְׁקְלוֹן
- Ancient GreekἈσκάλων“Ascalon, an ancient port city in the Levant”
- LatinAscalonius
- Vulgar Latin*escalonia
- Anglo-Normanscalun
- Middle Englishscaloun“shallot”
- Englishscallion
From Middle English scaloun (“shallot”), from Anglo-Norman scalun (variant of Old French eschaloigne), from a Proto-Romance derivation of Vulgar Latin *escalonia, from Latin Ascalonius (in caepa (“onion”) Ascalonius, "shallot"), from Ascalo (“Ascalon”), from Ancient Greek Ἀσκάλων (Askálōn, “Ascalon, an ancient port city in the Levant”), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אַשְׁקְלוֹן (ʾašqəlôn).
More words from Middle English, Anglo-Norman, Vulgar Latin
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
scallion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scallion
“scallion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scallion. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scallion,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scallion.
Source: scallion on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.