ESCHALOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does eschalot mean? 

• ESCHALOT (noun)
  The noun ESCHALOT has 1 sense:

1. type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning

  Familiarity information: ESCHALOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ESCHALOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Allium ascalonicum; Allium cepa aggregatum; eschalot; multiplier onion; shallot

Hypernyms ("eschalot" is a kind of...):

Allium cepa; onion; onion plant (bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb)

Meronyms (parts of "eschalot"):

shallot (small mild-flavored onion-like or garlic-like clustered bulbs used for seasoning)

shallot (aggregate bulb of the multiplier onion)