Shallot
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(image en en-tête; auteur : Enoch Lau ;licence:(CC BY-SA 3.0))
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The shallot is a botanical variety (a cultivar) of the onion. Until 2010, the (French red) shallot was classified as a separate species, Allium ascalonicum. The taxon was synonymized with Allium cepa (the common onion) in 2010, as the difference was too small to justify a separate species.As part of the onion genus Allium, its close relatives include garlic, scallions, leeks, chives, and the Chinese onion.()
