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: Læ Lé L- L. La Lb Lc Ld Le Lf Lg Lh Li Lj Ll Lm Lo Lp Lr Ls Lt Lu Lv Lw Lx Ly

leechlike | leed | leede | leeds | leef | leek | leeme | leep | leer | leere | leering

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leek

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun leek has 2 senses

leek(n = noun.plant) allium porrum, scallion - plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum; Array

has parts: leek

is a kind of alliaceous plant

leek(n = noun.food) Array - related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves; Array

is a part of allium porrum, leek, scallion

CIDE DICTIONARY

leek, n. [AS. leác; akin to D. look, G. lauch, OHG. louh, Icel. laukr, Sw. lök, Dan lög. Cf. Garlic.].

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. [1913 Webster]

Wild leek , in America, a plant (Allium tricoccum) with a cluster of ovoid bulbs and large oblong elliptical leaves.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

leek, n.
1 an alliaceous plant, Allium porrum, with flat overlapping leaves forming an elongated cylindrical bulb, used as food.
2 this as a Welsh national emblem.

Etymology

OE leac f. Gmc

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