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

Toss the cucumbers in the dressing and let sit for 30 minutes and garnish with chopped green onion and red pickled chili pepper rings.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 23, 2023

Pattie makes soup that is cloudy white with curly pieces of green onion floating on top.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan