Leek n. Bot. 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.
Wild leek , in America, a plant (Allium tricoccum) with a cluster of ovoid bulbs and large oblong elliptical leaves.
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Allium tricoccum
n : North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish
flowers [syn: ramp, wild leek]