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Think cucumber and smoked salmon sandwiches, cheddar scallion and marigold scones, and prosciutto and fig crostini with lavender (served with bubbles and optional caviar, but of course).—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 July 2026 The dish is finished with some smoky crunch from bacon and freshness from scallions, which both keep it from tasting too heavy.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
3 July 2026 The oysters tasted like taking a shot of the sea and chasing it with scallion oil.—
Anna Grace Lee,
Vogue,
2 July 2026 At West End Bagels, flavors run the gamut from plain and bacon scallion to jalapeño and Funfetti.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Charlotte Observer,
1 July 2026 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