scallion (1 asy)

[Ital. scalogno; Sp. escal ona, from Lat. ( cep a ) ascalonica =the onion from Ascalon, a town of Palestine, the Ashkelon of the Old Testament.] Bot. & Hort.: Allium as cal on i cum majus . It is a variety of the Shallot (q. v.). *scallion-faced, adject . Having a mean, scurvy face or appearance; or perhaps, stinking-faced. ( Beaum . & Flet.: Love's Cure , ii. 1.)