HyperDic: allium_porrum

English > 1 sense of the expression Allium porrum:
NOUNplantAllium porrum, leek, scallionplant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves
English > Allium porrum: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningplant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum.
Synonymsleek, scallion
Partsleekrelated to onions
Broaderalliaceous plantbulbous plants having a characteristic pungent onion odor
Spanishallium porrum, Allium porrum, porro, puerro
Catalanallium porrum, Allium porrum, porro

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