JAPANESE LEEK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Japanese leek mean? 

• JAPANESE LEEK (noun)
  The noun JAPANESE LEEK has 1 sense:

1. Asiatic onion with slender bulbs; used as early green onions

  Familiarity information: JAPANESE LEEK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JAPANESE LEEK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Asiatic onion with slender bulbs; used as early green onions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Allium fistulosum; Japanese leek; Welsh onion

Hypernyms ("Japanese leek" is a kind of...):

Allium cepa; onion; onion plant (bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb)