Usually means: Edible plant, resembles large scallion.
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We found 36 dictionaries that define the word leek:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. leek: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. leek: Merriam-Webster
  3. leek: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. leek: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. leek: Collins English Dictionary
  6. leek: Vocabulary.com
  7. Leek, leek: Wordnik
  8. leek: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Leek: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  10. Leek, leek: Wiktionary
  11. leek: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  12. leek: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  13. leek: Infoplease Dictionary
  14. Leek, leek: Dictionary.com
  15. leek: Online Etymology Dictionary
  16. leek: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  17. Leek (UK Parliament constituency), Leek (disambiguation), Leek (surname), Leek (vegetable), Leek: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  18. Leek: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  19. leek: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  20. leek: Rhymezone
  21. Leek, leek (de): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  22. leek: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  23. Leek: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  24. leek: FreeDictionary.org
  25. leek: Mnemonic Dictionary
  26. leek: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Natural Magick (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Leek (vegetable), leek: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. leek: Medical dictionary

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Leek: Easton Bible

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Leek: HYPP Zoology

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. leek: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. leek: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  A vegetable of variety Allium ampeloprasum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.
▸ noun:  Any of several species of Allium, broadly resembling the domesticated plant in appearance in the wild.
▸ noun:  A town and civil parish with a town council in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9856).
▸ noun:  A village and former municipality in Groningen province, Netherlands.
▸ noun:  A surname.

Similar:
scallion, allium porrum, wild leek, elephant garlic, sand leek, onion, allium, spring onion, shallot, rose leek, more...

Types:
green, red, white, yellow, chinese, welsh, lemon, shallot, garlic, spring onion, more...

Phrases:
wild leek, leek moth, leek green, sand leek, green leek, more...

Adjectives:
wild, large, small, house, chopped, green, sliced, common, medium, strong, enough

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Similar:
scallion, allium porrum, wild leek, elephant garlic, sand leek, onion, allium, spring onion, shallot, rose leek, more...

Types:
green, red, white, yellow, chinese, welsh, lemon, shallot, garlic, spring onion, more...

Phrases:
wild leek, leek moth, leek green, sand leek, green leek, three-cornered leek, three cornered leek, few-flowered leek, few flowered leek, round-headed leek, round headed leek, japanese leek, ladys leek, more...

Adjectives:
wild, large, small, house, chopped, green, sliced, common, medium, strong, enough

Colors:
    green,     light green,     dark green,     olive,     lime, more...



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