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ALLIUM PORRUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Allium porrum" is a kind of...):
alliaceous plant (bulbous plants having a characteristic pungent onion odor)
Meronyms (parts of "Allium porrum"):
leek (related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves)
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