01 n. A plant of the genus Allium (Allium Porrum), having broadly linear succulent leaves rising from a loose oblong cylindrical bulb. The flavor…
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A plant of the genus Allium (Allium Porrum), having broadly linear succulent leaves rising from a loose oblong cylindrical bulb. The flavor is stronger than that of the common onion.(Bot.)
Phrases & compounds
Wild leek —
in America, a plant (Allium tricoccum) with a cluster of ovoid bulbs and large oblong elliptical leaves.