shallot

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any small onion
a type of onion of the species Allium ascalonium
a type of onion of the species Allium oschaninii
A scallion
A bulb related to the onion and garlic Shallots have a mild onion-like flavor
A small kind of onion (Allium Ascalonicum) growing in clusters, and ready for gathering in spring; a scallion, or eschalot
small mild-flavored onion- or garlic-like clustered bulbs used for seasoning
aggregated bulb of the multiplier onion
The mild-flavored cousin to the onion, chive, leek, and garlic The bulb is edible and is used like onions or garlic The green tops are harvested and marketed as "scallions "
type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning
Shallots are small round vegetables that are the roots of a crop and are similar to onions. They have a strong taste and are used for flavouring other food. a vegetable like a small onion (échalote, from ascalonia; SCALLION). Mildly aromatic herbaceous plant (Allium ascalonicum) of the lily family, probably of Asiatic origin, used to flavour foods. Closely related to the onion and garlic, the shallot is a hardy perennial with short, small, cylindrical, and hollow leaves; lavender to red flowers in a compact umbel; and small, elongated, angular bulbs. Much like garlic, the bulbs develop in clusters on a common base. The leaves are sometimes eaten when green. The so-called shallot marketed extensively as green spring onions is in fact a form of onion
small mild-flavored onion- or garlic-like clustered bulbs used for seasoning type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning aggregated bulb of the multiplier onion
{i} plant from the onion family which produces an edible bulb; bulb of the shallot plant (used as food)
A bulbous herb whose flavor resembles an onion In some areas the term applies to the green tops as well as the bulb They are called "scallions" or "green onions" elsewhere
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In Louisiana cooking, this means green onions
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Herb of the lily family whose root forms small clusters of bulbs with a mild garlic flavor Used in soups, salads, sauces, etc , the shallot has a brown papery skin as opposed to the whitish skin of the garlic
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French eschallots or scallions
shallots
plural of shallot
shallots
Not green/spring onion - mall pointed members of the onion family that grow in clusters something like garlic and have a mild, oniony taste
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a very hard, small onion (bulb vegetable)
shallots
small, mild flavored onionlike bulbs
shallot

    Hyphenation

    shal·lot

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    Etymology

    [ sh&-lät also s ] (noun.) 1664. From French échalote, alteration of eschaloigne, from Middle Latin escalonia "onion of Ascalon".
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