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Top with scallions, if desired.—Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2025 Sprinkle with the sesame seeds, furikake or scallions, if using.—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025 Sprinkle with scallions and serve with tortilla chips.—The Know, Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2025 Two other starters include chicken wings with salsa macha, lime and scallion, that has become one of the restaurant’s most popular dishes, and Crispy Brussels Sprouts, served with mint and chili sauce.—Tom Hyland, Forbes.com, 11 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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