What is "wild leek"

Leek \Leek\ (l[=e]k), n. [AS. le['a]c; akin to D. look, G. lauch, OHG. louh, Icel. laukr, Sw. l["o]k, Dan l["o]g. Cf. Garlic.] (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.

n. 1 (context US English) A perennial wild onion native to eastern North America, ''Allium tricoccum'', with a cluster of ovoid bulbs and large oblong elliptical leaf. 2 A wild onion native to southern Europe and western Asia, cultivated and consequently naturalized in many other places, ''Allium ampeloprasum''.

1. n. 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]

Wild leek is a common name for several plants in the genus Allium

Wild leek may refer to:

• Allium ampeloprasum, native to Eurasia, the wild ancestor of cultivated leeks
• Allium tricoccum, native to eastern North America