English-Thai Dictionary
leek
N ชื่อ กระเทียม พันธุ์ หนึ่ง
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
LEEK
n. A plant of the genus Allium, with a bulbous root. Numbers 11:5.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
LEEK
Leek, n. Etym: [AS. leác; akin to D. look, G. lauch, OHG. louh, Icel.laukr, Sw. lök, Dan lög. Cf. Garlic. ] (Bot. )
Defn: A plant of the genus Allium (A. 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
leek
leek |lēk lik | ▶noun a plant related to the onion, with flat overlapping leaves forming an elongated cylindrical bulb that together with the leaf bases is eaten as a vegetable. It is used as a Welsh national emblem. [Allium porrum, family Liliaceae (or Alliaceae ).] ORIGIN Old English lēac, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch look and German Lauch .
Oxford Dictionary
leek
leek |liːk | ▶noun a plant related to the onion, with flat overlapping leaves forming an elongated cylindrical bulb which together with the leaf bases is eaten as a vegetable. It is used as a Welsh national emblem. ●Allium porrum, family Liliaceae (or Alliaceae ). ORIGIN Old English lēac, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch look and German Lauch .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
leek
leek /liːk /名詞 C 〘植 〙リーキ, ポロネギ .
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