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To the empty wok, add the remaining vegetable oil, the garlic, ginger, and scallions and stir-fry until fragrant, 30–60 seconds.—Lois Goh, Saveur, 13 Nov. 2024 What to try: The pasta al nero ($24): black pasta tossed in garlic and oil with diced pancetta, scallions and shrimp mixed in.—Madalyn Mendoza, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024 Traditionalists will tell you to decline the offer of chicken salad, which the team hawks via a piece of paper taped to the counter, and stick with a more classic schmear like scallion cream cheese.—Devra Ferst, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2024 Serve cauliflower over creamy lemon sauce with fresh scallions.—Amanda Stanfield, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2024 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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