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leek |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Leek \Leek\ (l[=e]k), n. [AS. le['a]c; akin to D. look G. lauch, OHG. louh, Icel. laukr Sw l["o]k, Dan l["o]g. Cf {Garlic}.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Allium} ({A. Porrum}), having broadly linear succulent leaves rising from a loose oblong cylindrical bulb. The flavor is stronger than that of the common onion. {Wild leek}, in America, a plant ({Allium tricoccum}) with a cluster of ovoid bulbs and large oblong elliptical leaves. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: leek n 1: plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum [syn: {scallion}, {Allium porrum}] 2: related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Leek (Heb. hatsir the Allium porrum), rendered grass" in 1 Kings 18:5, 2 Kings 19:26, Job 40:15, etc.; herb" in Job 8:12; hay" in Prov. 27:25, and Isa. 15:6; leeks" only in Num. 11:5. This Hebrew word seems to denote in this last passage simply herbs, such as lettuce or savoury herbs cooked as kitchen vegetables, and not necessarily what are now called leeks. The leek was a favourite vegetable in Egypt, and is still largely cultivated there and in Palestine.
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