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If desired, garnish with sesame seeds and scallions.—Gretchen McKay, Boston Herald, 12 Mar. 2025 Four volunteers are putting collard greens, bok choy, kale and scallion seeds in seed starting trays — just a few of the vegetables Livingstone is growing this spring.—Marisa Peñaloza, NPR, 20 Feb. 2025 Add the fried tofu, scallions and salt mixture, and very gently (to avoid breaking the tofu) toss to coat.—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025 Other dishes include scallion pancakes, squid, lamb skewers and beef gamo.—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 18 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for scallion
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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 ancient Palestine
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