LEEK

leek

(noun) related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves

leek, scallion, Allium porrum

(noun) plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Proper noun

Leek

A town in Staffordshire, England.

Anagrams

• Kele, elke, keel, lekë

Etymology

Noun

leek (plural leeks)

The vegetable Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.

Any of several species of Allium, broadly resembling the domesticated plant in appearance in the wild.

Synonyms

• (Allium ampeloprasum): broadleaf wild leek, the Cambrian symbol (literary), garden leek, scallion (US, Scotland)

Anagrams

• Kele, elke, keel, lekë

Source: Wiktionary

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Leek, n. Etym: [AS.leác; akin to D. look, G. lauch, OHG. louh, Icel. laukr, Sw. lök, Dan lög. Cf. Garlic.] (Bot.)

Definition: A plant of the genus Allium (A. Porrum), having broadly linear succulent leaves rising from a loose oblong cylindrical bulb. The flavor is stronger than that of the common onion. Wild leek , in America, a plant (Allium tricoccum) with a cluster of ovoid bulbs and large oblong elliptical leaves.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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