rocambole

American  

[rok-uhm-bohl] / ˈrɒk əmˌboʊl /

noun

1. a European plant, Allium scorodoprasum, of the amaryllis family, used like garlic.

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rocambole British  

/ ˈrɒkəmˌbəʊl /

noun

1. a variety of sand leek whose garlic-like bulb is used for seasoning

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Etymology

Origin of rocambole

1690–1700; < French < German Rockenbolle literally, distaff bulb (from its shape)

Example Sentences

Sarmiento instead goes to farmers markets, where he knows the growers and gets a robust-looking porcelain or rocambole type for the garden.

From Washington Post

If you grow the rocambole type that form loopy flower stalks called garlic scapes, you can cut those and roast them in olive oil and butter for an amazing treat.

From Washington Post

Allium sativum.—The rocambole is merely the bulbs on the top of the flower-stalk of the garlic, it being a viviparous plant.

From Project Gutenberg