Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun leek

2 senses of leek

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)
       => alliaceous plant -- (bulbous plants having a characteristic pungent onion odor)

Sense 2
leek -- (related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves)
       => vegetable, veggie, veg -- (edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant)