LEEKS

Noun

leeks

plural of leek

Anagrams

• Keels, Leske, Selke, elkes, keels, skeel, sleek

Source: Wiktionary


LEEK

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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