green onion

American  

noun

green onions plural

1. a young onion with a slender green stalk and a small bulb, used as a table vegetable, usually raw, especially in salads; scallion.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• green onions
  plural

Etymology

Origin of green onion

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

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green onion

Benedette Hardwick, the owner of the Red B Restaurant in Idabel, Okla., said the restaurant had temporarily stopped serving things like kale, parsley, green onion, raw broccoli, spinach and cilantro.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026

One Instagram user posted a video of a spring onion with the text: "Am I losing it or does this green onion look like Haaland?"

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

The first night, I topped bowls with avocado and sour cream; the second, I spooned leftovers over white rice with shredded cabbage and green onion left over from another dinner earlier in the week.

From Salon ● May 19, 2026

Spooned into warm tortillas and topped with cilantro, green onion and another shake of paprika, these lentils feel far more luxurious than their ingredient list would suggest.

From Salon ● May 19, 2026

The first five nights I made my favorite dinner: ramen noodles with fish cakes and green onion.

From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata