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Webster 1913 Edition
Leek
Leek
(lēk)
, Noun.
(Bot.)
A plant of the genus
Allium
(Allium 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.Webster 1828 Edition
Leek
LEEK
,Noun.
A plant of the genus Allium, with a bulbous root. Numb. 11.
Definition 2025
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English
The vegetable leek
Noun
leek (plural leeks)
- The vegetable Allium ampeloprasum, of the lily family, 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.
Synonyms
- (Allium ampeloprasum): broadleaf wild leek, the Cambrian symbol (literary), garden leek, scallion (US, Scotland)
Derived terms
- broadleaf wild leek - Allium ampeloprasum, Allium atroviolaceum
- narrowleaf wild leek - Allium tricoccum var. burdickii
- garden leek - Allium ampeloprasum
- sand leek - Allium scorodoprasum
- threecorner leek - Allium triquetrum
- houseleek - Sempervivum
Translations
vegetable
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Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eːk
- IPA(key): /leːk/
Etymology 1
From Latin lāicus (“layman, laic”), from Ancient Greek λαϊκός (laïkós, “of the people”), from λαός (laós, “the people”).
Noun
leek m (plural leken, diminutive leekje n)
Antonyms
Derived terms
- lekenapostolaat
- lekenpersoneel
- lekenrechter
- lekenstand
Adjective
leek (comparative leker, superlative leekst)
- (obsolete) lay, worldly, secular, profane
Inflection
| Inflection of leek | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | leek | |||
| inflected | leke | |||
| comparative | leker | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | leek | leker | het leekst het leekste |
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| indefinite | m./f. sing. | leke | lekere | leekste |
| n. sing. | leek | leker | leekste | |
| plural | leke | lekere | leekste | |
| definite | leke | lekere | leekste | |
| partitive | leeks | lekers | — | |
Etymology 2
Cognate with laak, Latin lacus, English lake.
Noun
leek ? (plural leken, diminutive leekje n)
- small body of water, like a pool; gave rise to place names
Etymology 3
Unknown; local dialect in the Dutch region Betuwe.
Noun
leek ? (plural leken, diminutive leekje n)
- (botany) the plant Rumex crispus
- (by extension) related plants of that genus: sorrel, dock
Derived terms
- koeleek
Etymology 4
Verb
leek
Verb
leek
Anagrams
Estonian
Noun
leek (genitive leegi, partitive leeki)
Declension
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