Wild leek

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

wild leek
    n 1: North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish
         flowers [syn: {ramp}, {wild leek}, {Allium tricoccum}]
    2: coarse Old World perennial having a large bulb and tall stalk
       of greenish purple-tinged flowers; widely naturalized [syn:
       {wild leek}, {Levant garlic}, {kurrat}, {Allium
       ampeloprasum}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Leek \Leek\ (l[=e]k), n. [AS. le['a]c; akin to D. look, G.
   lauch, OHG. louh, Icel. laukr, Sw. l["o]k, Dan l["o]g. Cf.
   {Garlic}.] (Bot.)
   A plant of the genus {Allium} ({Allium Porrum}), having
   broadly linear succulent leaves rising from a loose oblong
   cylindrical bulb. The flavor is stronger than that of the
   common onion.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Wild leek}, in America, a plant ({Allium tricoccum}) with a
      cluster of ovoid bulbs and large oblong elliptical leaves.
      [1913 Webster]