shallot

Shallots (bulbs of Allium ascalonium)

Meaning

Noun

A vegetable in the onion family.

Origin

Borrowed from French échalote, from Middle French eschalote, alteration of Old French eschaloigne, from Medieval Latin escalonia, from Latin ascalonia. scallion.

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