plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum

related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark- green leaves

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.

Herbaceous biennial plants and their edible bulbs, belonging to the Liliaceae.

A plant of the lily family having a flavor like the onion.

A kind of onion: the national emblem of Wales.

A kind of onion.

An onion - like herb.

A plant allied to the onion; the emblem of Wales. To eat the leek, to retract.

A well- known pot- herb; the national emblem of Wales.

It must, however, be observed, that one of the conditions which they seem to require, in all food, is, that it should be of the bland, or less acrid kind; for they would not eat the leek or garlic, though they brought vast quantities to sell, when they understood we were fond of it. – A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Robert Kerr

It was a bulb of the wild leek. – Popular Adventure Tales by Mayne Reid

" No," said Conrad, as patiently as if his father had not been there a score of times and found the whole staff of Every Other leek at work between four and five. – Entire PG Edition of The Works of William Dean Howells by William Dean Howells

However, I swallowed the leek, and consoled myself with the pleasing recollection that, after spending six years in learning to write bad Greek, I should never have any further occasion to avail myself of so precious an accomplishment. – The Caxtons, Part 2 by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Put it in a saucepan with one quart of broth, a piece of leek, one of celery, and boil gently about one hour and a half. – Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks by Pierre Blot

But mojadderah has such a soothing effect on the nerves; it conduces to cheerfulness, especially when the raw onion or the leek is taken with it. – The Book of Khalid by Ameen Rihani

They had almost attained the aim of their enterprise; Moreau had entered Ulm and Augsburg, crossed the Leek, and his advanced guard was on the extreme of the defiles of Tyrol, when Jourdan, from a misunderstanding, passed beyond the line, was attacked by the archduke Charles, and completely routed. – History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 by F. A. M. Miguet

If it's the prospect of sharing a title with me, a rotter would have eaten the leek. – Caste by W. A. Fraser

Coming through the leek like so many devils, Stumpy and his crew put their foes to flight and followed eagerly, hungrily; the forest rang and echoed with the clash of action and the smashing of underbrush in panicky flight. – The Pirate Woman by Aylward Edward Dingle

You shrivelled up young leek, how dare you cheek me!" – The Second String by Nat Gould

There is not enough leek to swear by. – King-Henry-V by Shakespeare, William

261 House Leek . – Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie

We got out to the road about dark, and reached Leek, Springs where we found some grass, and camped. – Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in 1850-51 by E. S. (Eleazer Stillman) Ingalls

187 House Leek . – Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie

The silk- thread industry at Leek was ruined, so was the silk industry at Macclesfield; the great breweries at Burton were idle, while the hosiery factories of Leicester and the boot factories of Northampton were all shut. – The Invasion by William Le Queux

269 House Leek . – Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie

Plantain and house- leek, boiled in cream, and strained before it is put away to cool, makes a very cooling, soothing ointment. – The American Frugal Housewife by Lydia M. Child

In size it very closely corresponds to the better known tomb, while its columns of dark green alabaster, its door- lintel of leek- green marble, and the slabs of red marble which closed the relieving triangle above the door show that it had been not less magnificent than its neighbour. – The Sea-Kings of Crete by James Baikie