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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

 wild leek
      n 1: North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish
           flowers [syn: ramp, Allium tricoccum]
      2: coarse Old World perennial having a large bulb and tall
         stalk of greenish purple-tinged flowers; widely
         naturalized [syn: Levant garlic, kurrat, Allium
          ampeloprasum]