wild leek

English

A wild leek (Allium tricoccum)

Wild leek

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

French: oignon sauvage m
Spanish: puerro silvestre m, rampa (es) f

Allium ampeloprasum

Alemannic German: Bor m
Finnish: kesäpurjo
Greek:
Ancient: ἀμακρῶτις (amakrôtis)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: کِنیواڵ‎ (ckb) (kinîwall), کوڕادە‎ (kurrade)
Maltese: tewm salvaġġ m

References

Allium tricoccum

Allium tricoccum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Allium tricoccum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Allium tricoccum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Allium ampeloprasus

Allium ampeloprasum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Allium ampeloprasum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Allium ampeloprasum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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