"small onion," 1660s, shortened from eschalot, from French échalote, from Middle French eschalotte, from Old French eschaloigne, from Vulgar Latin *escalonia (see scallion).

A bulbous herb whose flavor resembles an onion. In some areas the term applies to the green tops as well as the bulb. They are called "scallions" or "green onions" elsewhere.

A bulb related to the onion and garlic. Shallots have a mild onion-like flavor.

Pronounce it: shal-lotRelated to the onion (as opposed to being a younger version of it), shallots grow in clusters at the leaf base. Most varieties are smaller than onions, have finer layers and cont [..]

Jamaican shallots are formed more like Jamaican garlic than Jamaican onions, with a head composed of multiple cloves, each covered with a thin, papery skin. The skin color can vary from pale brown to pale gray to rose, and the off-white flesh is usually barely tinged with green or purple. Jamaican shallots are favored for their mild onion flavor an [..]

(SHAL-uht) – Has a flavor more subtle than that of the onion and less pungent than that of garlic.  The shallot is the most refined member of the onion family.  They look more like garlic than onions. [..]

A bulbous herb whose flavor resembles an onion. In some areas the term applies to the green tops as well as the bulb. They are called "scallions" or "green onions" [..]

A member of the onion family that is smaller than most onions and formed more like garlic, with a head usually composed of 2 or 3 cloves covered in papery tan- or rose-colored skin.  Its flavor is mil [..]

(n) aggregate bulb of the multiplier onion(n) type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning(n) small mild-flavored onion-like or garlic-like clustered bulbs used [..]

a small bulb that resembles an onion and is used for pickling or as a substitute for onion. Sprouted grain/[Ezekiel] bread

1. In an organ pipe with a beating reed, the slotted metal tube against which the reed vibrates to produce a tone when air pressure is directed into the pipe (or less commonly, a wood tube, as in cert [..]

Mildly aromatic herb in the Allium genus related to Onions and Garlic used in Spices.

small, mild onion.