leek

n. edible plant which is related to the onion and has a white rounded bulb and flat green leaves

The leek (Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum (L.)) is a fruit belonging, along with the onion and garlic, to the Alliaceae family. Also in this species are two very different vegetables: the elephant garlic (Allium ampeloprasum var. ampeloprasum), grown for its bulbs, and kurrat, which is grown in Egypt and elsewhere in the Middle East for its leaves. The leek is also sometimes classified as Allium porrum (L.).
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Noun
1. plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum
(synonym) scallion, Allium porrum
(hypernym) alliaceous plant
2. related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves
(hypernym) vegetable, veggie
(part-holonym) scallion, Allium porrum

n. Lek, large river in the western Netherlands

n. layman, secular, laic

adj. leaky

n. leak, leakage, escape, ooze

v. leak, lick, ooze, lap, run

v. resemble, look, seem, appear

(n.)
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.