/shal"euht, sheuh lot"/ , n.
1. a plant, Allium cepa aggregatum (or A. ascalonicum ), related to the onion, having a divided bulb used for flavoring in cookery.
2. the bulb of this plant.
[ 1655-65; aph. var. of earlier eschalot échalote, dim. of MF eschaloigne SCALLION ]