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Leek

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Noun

1. allium porrum, leek, scallion

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

2. leek

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Leek

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noun
1. Also called: scallion
an alliaceous plant, Allium porrum, with a slender white bulb, cylindrical stem, and broad flat overlapping leaves: used in cooking
2. 
any of several related species, such as A. ampeloprasum (wild leek)
3. 
a leek, or a representation of one, as a national emblem of Wales

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Leek

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noun
any of various perennial, onionlike, wild or garden vegetables (genus Allium, esp. A. porrum) of the lily family, having a small bulb with a cylindrical stem, and broad, flat, folded leaves: used in soups, sauces, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Leek

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n.
An edible plant (Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum) related to the onion and having a white, slender bulb and flat, dark-green leaves.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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