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leek

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Noun

related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves

plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum

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Synonyms:
scallion Allium porrum

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