leek

Meaning of leek

noun

The vegetable Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.
Any of several species of Allium, broadly resembling the domesticated plant in appearance in the wild.

Information about leek

It is a name.
The plural form of leek is: leeks.
Languages in which leek is used:
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- English

Hyphenation of leek

leek

It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
leek is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

leek synonyms

Meaning scallion:

Translation of leek

French: poireau, porreau, poirée, poirette
German: Lauch
Italian: porro
Spanish: puerro, porro

Anagrams of leek

Elke, Keel, keel, Kele, kele, Klee, leke

Words that rhyme with leek

cleek, houseleek, gleek, Belleek, belleek, greenleek, sleek, unsleek

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