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scallion
(encz) | scallion,šalotka n: Ondřej Šeda |
Scallion
(gcide) | Scallion \Scal"lion\, n. [OF. escalone, eschaloingne, L. caepa
Ascalonia onion of Ascalon; caepa onion + Ascalonius of
Ascalon, fr. Ascalo Ascalon, a town in Palestine. Cf.
Shallot.]
1. (Bot.) A kind of small onion (Allium Ascalonicum),
native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot.
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2. Any onion which does not "bottom out," but remains with a
thick stem like a leek. --Amer. Cyc.
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scallion
(wn) | scallion
n 1: plant having a large slender white bulb and flat
overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed
derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum [syn: leek,
scallion, Allium porrum]
2: a young onion before the bulb has enlarged; eaten in salads
[syn: green onion, spring onion, scallion] |
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rapscallion
(encz) | rapscallion,darebák n: Jiří Dadák |
Rapscallion
(gcide) | Rapscallion \Rap*scal"lion\ (r[a^]p*sk[a^]l"y[u^]n), n. [See
Rascallion.]
A rascal; a good-for-nothing fellow. [Colloq.] --Howitt.
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Rascallion
(gcide) | Rascallion \Ras*cal"lion\ (r[a^]s*k[a^]l"y[u^]n), n. [From
Rascal]
A low, mean wretch; a rogue; same as rascal, n.. 2; now
disused, replaced by rapscalion. [archaic] [Written also
rascalion.]
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Scallion
(gcide) | Scallion \Scal"lion\, n. [OF. escalone, eschaloingne, L. caepa
Ascalonia onion of Ascalon; caepa onion + Ascalonius of
Ascalon, fr. Ascalo Ascalon, a town in Palestine. Cf.
Shallot.]
1. (Bot.) A kind of small onion (Allium Ascalonicum),
native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot.
[1913 Webster]
2. Any onion which does not "bottom out," but remains with a
thick stem like a leek. --Amer. Cyc.
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rapscallion
(wn) | rapscallion
n 1: a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel [syn: rogue,
knave, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag,
varlet]
2: one who is playfully mischievous [syn: imp, scamp,
monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag] |
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