shallot Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun aggregate bulb of the multiplier onion
  2. noun type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning
    Allium cepa aggregatum; Allium ascalonicum; eschalot; multiplier onion.
  3. noun small mild-flavored onion-like or garlic-like clustered bulbs used for seasoning

WordNet

Shal*lot" noun
Etymology
OF. eschalote (for escalone), F. échalote. See Scallion, and cf. Eschalot.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A small kind of onion (Allium Ascalonicum) growing in clusters, and ready for gathering in spring; a scallion, or eschalot.

Webster 1913