"leeks" in the noun sense
1. leek, scallion, Allium porrum
plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves used in cooking believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum
2. leek
related to onions white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves
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