'Wild leek' definitions:
Definition of 'wild leek'
From: WordNet
noun
North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish flowers [syn: ramp, wild leek, Allium tricoccum]
noun
Coarse Old World perennial having a large bulb and tall stalk of greenish purple-tinged flowers; widely naturalized [syn: wild leek, Levant garlic, kurrat, Allium ampeloprasum]
Definition of 'Wild leek'
From: GCIDE
- 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]