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Add mushrooms at the end with extra scallion and sesame seeds.—Luke Fortney, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025 Stir in chicken, cheese, garlic, and white and light green parts of scallions.—Renu Dhar, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2025 His crispy jeon, a savory seafood pancake, is shot through with strands of scallions, topped with creamy aioli and a generous shaving of bonito flakes that dances as the plate approaches your table.—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2024 The brunch menu includes scallion pancakes ($12), s'mores French toast ($16), omelets ($28) and more.
Jan. 1 at Heritage Restaurant & Caviar Bar in Humboldt Park.—Moyo Adeolu, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for scallion
Word History
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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