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Word: Shallot
Speech Type: Noun
mid 17th century: shortening of eschalot, from French eschalotte, alteration of Old French eschaloigne (in Anglo-Norman French scaloun: see scallion)
ʃəˈlɒt
a small bulb which resembles an onion and is used for pickling or as a substitute for onion.
Short Definition:small bulb which resembles onion and is used for pickling or as substitute for onion
the plant which produces shallots, each mature bulb producing a cluster of smaller bulbs.
Short Definition:plant which produces these bulbs, each mature bulb producing cluster of smaller bulbs
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