Leek
Leek (lēk) , noun
[Anglo-Saxon leác; akin to Dutch look, German lauch, Old High German louh, Icelandic laukr, Swedish lok, Dan log. Compare Garlic.]
(Botany) 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.
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Wild leek , in America, a plant (Allium tricoccum) with a cluster of ovoid bulbs and large oblong elliptical leaves.