wild leek

English

Noun

wild leek (plural wild leeks)

1. (US) A perennial wild onion native to eastern North America, Allium tricoccum, with a cluster of ovoid bulbs and large oblong elliptical leaves.
2. A wild onion native to southern Europe and western Asia, cultivated and consequently naturalized in many other places, Allium ampeloprasum.

Synonyms

• (A. tricoccum): ramp, ramps, spring onion, ramson, wood leek, wild garlic
• (A. ampeloprasum): broadleaf wild leek

Translations

Allium tricoccum

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Allium ampeloprasum

• Alemannic German: Bor m
• Finnish: hillosipuli (fi)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀμακρῶτις (amakrôtis)

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References

Allium tricoccum

• Allium tricoccum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Allium tricoccum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Allium tricoccum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Allium ampeloprasus

• Allium ampeloprasum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Allium ampeloprasum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Allium ampeloprasum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons