wild leek

English

Noun

wild leek (plural wild leeks)

(US) A perennial wild onion native to eastern North America, Allium tricoccum, with a cluster of ovoid bulbs and large oblong elliptical leaves.
A wild onion native to southern Europe and western Asia, cultivated and consequently naturalized in many other places, Allium ampeloprasum.

Synonyms

(A. tricoccum): ramp, ramps, spring onion, ramson, wood leek, wild garlic
(A. ampeloprasum): broadleaf wild leek

Translations

Allium tricoccum

Allium ampeloprasum

Alemannic German: Bor m
Finnish: hillosipuli (fi)
Greek:
Ancient Greek: ἀμακρῶτις (amakrôtis)

Persian: فراسیون‎ (farāsiyun)

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