shallot
/ʃəˈlɑt/
noun
- A small, mild-tasting bulb that is used as a vegetable in cooking, similar to an onion but with a milder, sweeter flavor.
- She finely chopped a shallot to add to the salad dressing.
- He sautéed the shallot in butter until it was soft and fragrant.
- The recipe calls for two shallots, but you can use a small onion instead.
- The plant (Allium cepa var. aggregatum) that produces these bulbs, with green leaves that are also sometimes used in cooking.
- Shallots grow in clusters, unlike regular onions that grow as single bulbs.
- The gardener planted shallots in the fall for a spring harvest.
- The green tops of the shallot can be used like scallions in salads.