Leek
The leek is a vegetable, a cultivar of Allium ampeloprasum, the broadleaf wild leek. The edible part of the plant is a bundle of leaf sheaths that is sometimes erroneously called a stem or stalk. The genus Allium also contains the onion, garlic, shallot, scallion, chive, and Chinese onion.Historically, many scientific names were used for leeks, but they are now all treated as cultivars of A. ampeloprasum. The name ‘leek’ developed from the Old English word leac, from which the modern English name of garlic also derives. Three closely related vegetables, elephant garlic, kurrat and Persian leek or tareh, are also cultivars of A. ampeloprasum, although different in their uses as food.
Leek (noun)
The vegetable Allium ampeloprasum, of the lily family, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.
Leek (noun)
Any of several species of Allium, broadly resembling the domesticated plant in appearance in the wild.
Chive (noun)
A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion.
Chive (noun)
The leaves of this plant used as a herb.
Chive (noun)
The style and stigma of a flower, especially saffron.
Chive (noun)
A knife.
Chive (noun)
A file.
Chive (noun)
A saw.
Chive (verb)
To stab.
Chive (verb)
To cut.