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Sprinkle the remaining scallions and sesame seeds over the top.—Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2025 Other top dishes — though again, top is relative for a week this weak — include Shuai’s scallion pancake.—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025 Learned from my mom, this simple scallion oil transforms a dish.—June Kim, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Apr. 2025 Nam yu roast chicken, with ginger scallion oil and aromatic soy, is a nod to one of Lin’s favorite childhood dishes.—Andy Wang, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 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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