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noun
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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allium porrum scallion

type of:
alliaceous plant
noun
related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves
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type of:
veggie veg vegetable

part of:
allium porrum scallion

Definition that contains leek

few-flowered leek leek producing bulbils instead of flowers; Russia and Iran
allium paradoxum leek producing bulbils instead of flowers; Russia and Iran