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Noun: Allium porrum
  1. Plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum
    - leek, scallion [N. Amer, Ireland]

Type of: alliaceous plant

Encyclopedia: Allium porrum

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