🌍 American vs British · vocabulary
scallion vs spring onion
A young onion with a small white bulb and long green stalks, eaten raw or cooked.
American
scallion
“Garnish the soup with chopped scallions.”
British
spring onion
“Garnish the soup with chopped spring onions.”
Good to know
Americans say "scallion" (or sometimes "green onion"), while Britons say "spring onion." All these terms refer to essentially the same vegetable.
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