n.
Pronunciation: ' skal-y ə n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English scaloun, from Anglo-French scalun, escaloin, from Vulgar Latin *escalonia, from Latin ascalonia ( caepa ) onion of Ascalon, from feminine of ascalonius of Ascalon, from Ascalon-, Ascalo Ascalon, seaport in southern Palestine
Date: 14th century
1 : SHALLOT
2 : LEEK
3 : an onion forming a thick basal portion without a bulb also : GREEN ONION