Thesaurus: leek

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1. n. 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.
2. n. plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum
3. n. related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves
4. 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.
5. A plant of the genus Allium (A. Porrum), having broadly linearsucculent leaves rising from a loose oblong cylindrical bulb. Theflavor is stronger than that of the common onion. Wild leek , inAmerica, a plant (Allium tricoccum) with a cluster of ovoid bulbs andlarge oblong elliptical leaves.
6. n:100 n. plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum n. related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves