noun.
An edible plant (Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum) related to the onion and having a white, slender bulb and flat, dark-green leaves.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
One of several species of the genus Allium; especially, a biennial culinary plant, Allium Porrum.
noun.Polytelis barrabandi, a small parrot, green with a scarlet breast. Also called green-leek.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
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.
noun.
in America, a plant (Allium tricoccum) with a cluster of ovoid bulbs and large oblong elliptical leaves.
noun.
The vegetable Allium ampeloprasum variety porrum, of the lily family, having edible leaves and an onion-likebulb but with a milderflavour than the onion.
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noun.
related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves
noun.
plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum
Word Usage
"When we say that the leek is the asparagus of the poor, that's not nice to the leek, the asparagus or the poor man."