Found 2 items, similar to Allium Porrum.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Allium porrum
Allium porrum
n : plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping
dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from
the wild Allium ampeloprasum [syn:
leek,
scallion]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Allium Porrum
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 (
Allium Porrum), having
broadly linear succulent leaves rising from a loose oblong
cylindrical bulb. The flavor is stronger than that of the
common onion.
[1913 Webster]
Wild leek, in America, a plant (
Allium tricoccum) with a
cluster of ovoid bulbs and large oblong elliptical leaves.
[1913 Webster]