spring onion

British  

noun

1. Also called: green onion.   scallion.  an immature form of the onion ( Allium cepa ), widely cultivated for its tiny bulb and long green leaves which are eaten in salads, etc

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Example Sentences

“Any recipe that has scallion or spring onion or something like that, you can totally swap it out with ramp,” said Jaranilla.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

The street is packed, you sit on little plastic chairs, drink beer and wrap chunks of meat with spring onion on the local flatbread while karaoke songs pump out in all directions.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2023

But the chives may be substituted at will with shallot, green onion, spring onion, ramps or leeks; garlic seems too forceful in this application to me, but hey, do what you feel.

From Seattle Times • May 23, 2023

I washed down my spring onion doughnut with something called an Aewol Ocean Ade, a fizzy blue lemonade topped with a mint leaf.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2022

The sprightly spring onion, already socially scorned in some of the best lay circles, suffered attack at the hands of at least one scientific and scholarly professional.

From One Third Off by Sarg, Tony