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Wild leek   /waɪld lik/   Listen
Wild leek

noun
1.
North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish flowers.  Synonyms: Allium tricoccum, ramp.
2.
Coarse Old World perennial having a large bulb and tall stalk of greenish purple-tinged flowers; widely naturalized.  Synonyms: Allium ampeloprasum, kurrat, Levant garlic.





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"Wild leek" Quotes from Famous Books



... The wild leek and garlic flowers made dainty blue-prints, scarcely recognizable as coming from such humble family trees as the despised onion. Wild spikenard, with its crown of tiny white flowers, also reproduced beautifully in the blue-print. ...
— Girl Scouts in the Adirondacks • Lillian Elizabeth Roy


Words linked to "Wild leek" :   alliaceous plant, Allium ampeloprasum, Levant garlic


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