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
Leek
A town in Staffordshire, England.
• Kele, elke, keel, lekĂ«
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.
• (Allium ampeloprasum): broadleaf wild leek, the Cambrian symbol (literary), garden leek, scallion (US, Scotland)
• Kele, elke, keel, lekĂ«
Source: Wiktionary
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
27 April 2024
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