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Leeks vs Onion - What's the difference?

leeks | onion |

As nouns the difference between leeks and onion

is that leeks is plural of lang=en while onion is a monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.

leeks

English

Noun

(head)

    • Anagrams

    * *

    onion

    English

    (wikipedia onion)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa ), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
  • The bulb of such a plant.
  • * 1962' (quoting '''1381 text), (Hans Kurath) & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., ''(Middle English Dictionary) , Ann Arbor, Mich.: (University of Michigan Press), , page 1242:
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  • 773;', '''d?r?''' adj. & n. toste wyte bred and do yt in dischis, and god Almande mylk.
  • (uncountable) The genus as a whole.
  • A ball.
  • (colloquial, chiefly, archaic) A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.

    • Derived terms

    See also

    * chive * scallion * shallot

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