leek

Meaning

Noun

• The vegetable Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.
• Any of several species of Allium, broadly resembling the domesticated plant in appearance in the wild.

Related

Similar words

• broadleaf wild leek, the [[Cambrian symbol]] , garden leek, scallion

Origin

• From Middle English leke, leek, lek, from Old English lēac, from Proto-Germanic *lauką *laukaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lewg-.
• Cognate with Dutch look ("garlic, leek"), Low German look, Look, German Lauch, Danish løg, Swedish lök, Icelandic laukur. See garlic.