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Leek

Leek Meaning & Definition
Leek Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Leek?

[n] related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves
[n] plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum

Synonyms | Synonyms for Leek: Allium porrum | scallion

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See Also | alliaceous plant | Allium porrum | leek | leek | scallion | vegetable | veggie

Leek In Webster's Dictionary

\Leek\ (l[=e]k), n. [AS. le['a]c; akin to D. look, G. lauch, OHG. louh, Icel. laukr, Sw. l["o]k, Dan l["o]g. Cf. {Garlic}.] (Bot.) 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.

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