ALLIUM PORRUM Synonyms
There are 6 hypernyms of the phrase allium porrum. (close relations)
Definition of ALLIUM PORRUM
allium
Best Alternative Words for ALLIUM PORRUM
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leek | nounn | |||||||
noun • plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum • related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves | ||||||||
vegetable | nounn | |||||||
noun • edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant • any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower | ||||||||
scallion | nounn | |||||||
noun • plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum • a young onion before the bulb has enlarged; eaten in salads |