leek

leek  (lk)

n.

An edible plant (Allium porrum) related to the onion and having a white, slender bulb and flat, dark-green leaves.

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[Middle English lek, from Old English lac.]

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leek

Noun

a vegetable of the onion family with a slender white bulb and broad flat green overlapping leaves: the national emblem of Wales [Old English lēac]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	leek - plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum Allium porrum, scallion leek - related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves alliaceous plant - bulbous plants having a characteristic pungent onion odor
	2.	leek - related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves veg, vegetable, veggie - edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant Allium porrum, leek, scallion - plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum

Translations

leek [liːk] n → puerro

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leek [liːk] n → poireau m

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leek [liːk] n → Porree m, Lauch m

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leek [liːk] n → porro

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leek

n leek [liːk]

a type of vegetable related to the onion with green leaves and a white base. prei كُرّاث праз-лук pórek porre der Lauch πράσο puerro porrulauk تره فرنگی purjosipuli poireau כְּרֵשָׁה गन्दना poriluk póréhagyma daun bawang blaðlaukur, púrra porro にら 부추의 일종 poras puravs daun kucai prei purre(løk) por alho francês praz лук-порей pór por praziluk purjolök ผักชนิดหนึ่งคล้ายต้นหอม pırasa 韭蔥，韭菜 цибуля-порей ایک ثومی بصلی نوع کا پودا جس کے بصلہ نما پرت دار چوڑے پتّے غذا کے طور پر کھائے جاتے ہیں tỏi tây 韭葱