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Top with scallions; garnish with additional Parmesan and black pepper.—Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025 Sprinkle with scallions and serve with tortilla chips.—The Know, Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2025 Sprinkle with the scallion-herb mixture, then cover with the tzatziki, spreading it into an even layer.—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025 Garnish with the green scallions.—Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 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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