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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Leek n.  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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 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]