Meaning of SHALLOT
| Pronunciation: | | shu'lât
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- [n] small mild-flavored onion- or garlic-like clustered bulbs
- [n] type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning
- [n] aggregated bulb of the multiplier onion
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| | Synonyms: | | Allium ascalonicum, Allium cepa aggregatum, eschalot, multiplier onion |
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| | See Also: | | Allium ascalonicum, Allium cepa, Allium cepa aggregatum, bulb, eschalot, flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, multiplier onion, onion, onion plant, seasoner, seasoning, shallot, shallot | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Shal*lot"\, n. [OF. eschalote (for escalone), F.
['e]chalote. See {Scallion}, and cf. {Eschalot}.] (Bot.)
A small kind of onion ({Allium Ascalonicum}) growing in
clusters, and ready for gathering in spring; a scallion, or
eschalot.
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