[ʃəˈlɒt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a small bulb which resembles an onion and is used for pickling or as a substitute for onion

- the plant which produces shallots, each mature bulb producing a cluster of smaller bulbs


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Origin:
mid 17th century: shortening of eschalot, from French eschalotte, alteration of Old French eschaloigne (in Anglo-Norman French scaloun: see scallion)