LEEK


Meaning of LEEK in English

■ noun a plant related to the onion, with flat overlapping leaves forming an elongated cylindrical bulb which together with the leaf bases is eaten as a vegetable. [ Allium porrum .]

Origin

OE lēac , of Gmc origin.

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