leek /ˈlik/
 韭菜
 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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 leek
      n 1: plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping
           dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived
           from the wild Allium ampeloprasum [syn: scallion, Allium
           porrum]
      2: related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat
         dark-green leaves
 Leek
    (Heb. hatsir; the Allium porrum), rendered "grass" in 1 Kings
    18:5, 2 Kings 19:26, Job 40:15, etc.; "herb" in Job 8:12; "hay"
    in Prov. 27:25, and Isa. 15:6; "leeks" only in Num. 11:5. This
    Hebrew word seems to denote in this last passage simply herbs,
    such as lettuce or savoury herbs cooked as kitchen vegetables,
    and not necessarily what are now called leeks. The leek was a
    favourite vegetable in Egypt, and is still largely cultivated
    there and in Palestine.