[ ʃə'lɒt ]
■ noun
1》 a small onion-like bulb, used in cookery and pickling.
2》 the plant which produces ~s. [ Allium ascalonicum .]
Origin
C17: shortening of eschalot , from Fr. eschalotte , alt. of OFr. eschaloigne (in Anglo-Norman Fr. scaloun : see scallion ).