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leek
[ leek ]
noun
- a cultivated plant, Allium ampeloprasum, of the amaryllis family, related to the onion, with a long cylindrical bundle of straplike leaves that are used in cooking, especially the paler portion near the base.
- any of various onion-related plants, especially the wild leek, Allium ampeloprasum, from which the culinary leek was cultivated.
leek
/ liːk /
noun
- Also calledscallion an alliaceous plant, Allium porrum, with a slender white bulb, cylindrical stem, and broad flat overlapping leaves: used in cooking
- any of several related species, such as A. ampeloprasum (wild leek)
- a leek, or a representation of one, as a national emblem of Wales
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Word History and Origins
Origin of leek1
First recorded before 1000; from Middle English lek, leck, leike; Old English lēac, lēc, lēc; cognate with German Lauch, Dutch look, Old Norse laukr
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Word History and Origins
Origin of leek1
Old English lēac; related to Old Norse laukr, Old High German louh
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Example Sentences
Lon did so with a proper pantomime of indifference, but it was a leek to eat, and there was no denying it.
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Ees eet dat de amiable Mrs. Croydon she do have a deeferent husband leek a sailor mans een all de harbors?
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We got out to the road about dark, and reached Leek, Springs where we found some grass, and camped.
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Though my head be like a leek, white, may not my heart be like the blade, green?
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It is said that Mr. Wardle, of Leek, is now seeking for dyes of pure unadulterated colours, and mordants to fix them.
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