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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wild leek
n 1: North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish
flowers [syn: ramp, Allium tricoccum]
2: coarse Old World perennial having a large bulb and tall
stalk of greenish purple-tinged flowers; widely
naturalized [syn: Levant garlic, kurrat, Allium
ampeloprasum]