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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
scallion /ˈskalɪən/

▶noun chiefly N. Amer. a shallot or spring onion.

– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. scaloun, based on L. Ascalonia (caepa) ‘(onion) of Ascalon’, a port in ancient Palestine.

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