Editing Allium fistulosum (section)

== Names ==
The common name "Welsh onion" does not refer to [[Wales]]; indeed, the plant is neither indigenous to Wales nor particularly common in [[Welsh cuisine]] (the green ''Allium'' common to Wales is the [[leek]], ''A. ampeloprasum'', the national vegetable of Wales<ref>{{cite web |title=The leek, national emblem of Wales |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/entries/531cbdfa-be23-3bfa-b37e-446b779a94ec |website=BBC Wales |date=28 February 2013 |access-date=30 December 2021 |archive-date=17 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217010955/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/entries/531cbdfa-be23-3bfa-b37e-446b779a94ec |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Welsh Leeks secures protection |url=https://www.gov.wales/welsh-leeks-secures-protection |website=wales.gov |date=29 November 2022 |access-date=16 March 2023 |archive-date=24 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324023905/https://www.gov.wales/welsh-leeks-secures-protection |url-status=live }}</ref>). Instead, it derives from a near-obsolete botanical use of "[[:wikt:Welsh#Adjective|Welsh]]" in the sense "foreign, non-native", as the species is native to China, though cultivated in many places and naturalized in scattered locations throughout Eurasia and North America.<ref name="peggy">{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=295569 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001142826/http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=295569 |archive-date=1 October 2013 |encyclopedia=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |article=Allium fistulosum |publisher=[[Kew Royal Botanical Gardens]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |dictionary=[[Oxford English Dictionary|OED]] Online |entry-url=https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/227739#eid14610028 |entry=Welsh, ''adj''. and ''n''. |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=March 2023 |at=Def.&nbsp;3 |entry-url-access=subscription |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-date=5 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405063540/https://www.oed.com/dictionary/welsh_adj#eid14610028 |url-status=live |title=Welsh, adj. & n. Meanings, etymology and more &#124; Oxford English Dictionary }}</ref>

Historically, ''A. fistulosum'' was known as the cibol.<ref>Ward, A: [http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/books/grocersencyclopedia/ency.html ''The Encyclopedia of Food and Beverage''] {{Webarchive |url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20100212203301/http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/books/grocersencyclopedia/ency.html |date=12 February 2010 }}, New York, 1911. Retrieved 5 January 2007.</ref> In Cornwall, they are known as chibols, and in the west of Scotland as sybows.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |dictionary=[[Oxford English Dictionary|OED]] Online |entry-url=https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/196088 |entry=sybow, ''n''. |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=March 2023 |entry-url-access=subscription |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-date=5 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405063430/https://www.oed.com/dictionary/sybow_n |url-status=live |title=Sybow, n. Meanings, etymology and more &#124; Oxford English Dictionary }}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |dictionary=[[Oxford English Dictionary|OED]] Online |entry-url=https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/31513#eid9463634 |entry=chibol, ''n''. |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=March 2023 |at=Def.&nbsp;1. |entry-url-access=subscription |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-date=5 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405063530/https://www.oed.com/dictionary/chibol_n#eid9463634 |url-status=live |title=Chibol, n. Meanings, etymology and more &#124; Oxford English Dictionary }}</ref>

Other names that may be applied to this plant include green onion, salad onion, and spring onion. These names are ambiguous, as they may also be used to refer to any young green onion stalk, whether grown from Welsh onions, common onions, or other similar members of the genus ''[[Allium]]'' (also see [[scallion]]).<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |dictionary=[[Oxford English Dictionary|OED]] Online |entry-url=https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/31513#eid9463762 |entry=chibol, ''n''. |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=March 2023 |at=Def.&nbsp;2. |entry-url-access=subscription |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-date=5 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405063530/https://www.oed.com/dictionary/chibol_n#eid9463762 |url-status=live |title=Chibol, n. Meanings, etymology and more &#124; Oxford English Dictionary }}</ref>