Scallion

Scal´lion

n.	1.	(Bot.) A kind of small onion (Allium Ascalonicum), native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot.
	2.	Any onion which does not "bottom out," but remains with a thick stem like a leek.

Noun	1.	scallion - 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
	2.	scallion - young onion before the bulb has enlarged Synonyms: green onion