ALLIUM PORRUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Allium porrum mean? 

• ALLIUM PORRUM (noun)
  The noun ALLIUM PORRUM has 1 sense:

1. plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum

  Familiarity information: ALLIUM PORRUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALLIUM PORRUM (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Allium porrum; leek; scallion

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)