Definition of leek

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Leek (n.) 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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Sleek :: Sleek (n.) That which makes smooth; varnish.
Gleek :: Gleek (v. i.) To make sport; to gibe; to sneer; to spend time idly.
Cockaleekie :: Cockaleekie (n.) A favorite soup in Scotland, made from a capon highly seasoned, and boiled with leeks and prunes..
Plasma :: Plasma (n.) A variety of quartz, of a color between grass green and leek green, which is found associated with common chalcedony. It was much esteemed by the ancients for making engraved ornaments..
Sleeky :: Sleeky (a.) Fawning and deceitful; sly.
Sleeked :: Sleeked (imp. & p. p.) of Slee.
Gleek :: Gleek (n.) A game at cards, once popular, played by three persons..
Green-leek :: Green-leek (n.) An Australian parrakeet (Polytelis Barrabandi); -- called also the scarlet-breasted parrot.
Slick :: Slick (v. t.) To make sleek or smoth.
Houseleek :: Houseleek (n.) A succulent plant of the genus Sempervivum (S. tectorum), originally a native of subalpine Europe, but now found very generally on old walls and roofs. It is very tenacious of life under drought and heat; -- called also ayegreen..
Slick :: Slick (a.) Sleek; smooth.
Stock :: Stock (n.) That portion of a pack of cards not distributed to the players at the beginning of certain games, as gleek, etc., but which might be drawn from afterward as occasion required; a bank..
Smooth :: Smooth (superl.) Evenly spread or arranged; sleek; as, smooth hair..
Sempervive :: Sempervive (n.) The houseleek.
Sleek :: Sleek (superl.) Not rough or harsh.
Sleekly :: Sleekly (adv.) In a sleek manner; smoothly.
Slicker :: Slicker (n.) That which makes smooth or sleek.
Ayegreen :: Ayegreen (n.) The houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum).
Sleeking :: Sleeking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slee.
Porraceous :: Porraceous (a.) Resembling the leek in color; greenish.
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