Leek

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun 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.

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Leek
(Heb. hatsir; the Allium porrum), rendered "grass" in 1 Kings 18:5, 2 Kings 19:26, Job 40:15, etc.; ...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
leek
n. a small parrot. See greenleek. ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
Green-leek
·noun An Australian parrakeet (Polytelis Barrabandi); — called also the scarlet-breasted parrot. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
green(-)leek
n. an Australian Parrakeet. See quotation. 1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. v. pl. 15: ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
leek, native
n. a poisonous Australian plant, Bulbine bulbosa, Haw., N.O. Liliaceae. Calledalso Native Onion. It...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
native leek
n. See leek. ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris