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Garlic powder, scallions, Dijon mustard, and buttermilk in the dough combine to create a ranch dressing-like flavor that rounds out the richness of the biscuit.—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2025 Secchi blends a mixture of yellow onion, shallot, scallion, and celery with enough olive oil to almost resemble a dressing.—Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025 Add the pork, beef, scallions, cabbage, ginger, garlic, sesame seeds, oyster sauce, sesame oil, soy sauce, vinegar, egg, and pinches of gochugaru and salt and mix to evenly combine.—Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025 Divide the thyme, tarragon, scallions, garlic and onion into the same two bowls as the ginger.—Vicky Hallett, NPR, 1 Apr. 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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