| leek | <botany> A plant of the genus Allium (A. 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. Origin: AS.leac; akin to D. Look, G. Lauch, OHG. Louh, Icel. Laukr, Sw. Lok, Dan log. Cf. Garlic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| green-leek | <zoology> An Australian parrakeet (Polytelis Barrabandi). Synonym: the scarlet-breasted parrot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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