A leek is a vegetable, a cultivar of Allium ampeloprasum, the broadleaf wild leek (syn. Allium porrum). The edible part of the plant is a bundle of leaf...
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Leek or leek in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A leek is a vegetable belonging to the onion family. Leek may also refer to: Leek, Netherlands Leek,...
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Leek is a market town and civil parish in Staffordshire, England, on the River Churnet 10 miles (16 km) north east of Stoke-on-Trent. It is an ancient...
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Tom Leek (born August 6, 1968) is an American politician who has served in the Florida House of Representatives from the 25th district since 2016. After...
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Leek soup, or Leek and Potato soup, (Welsh: cawl cennin) is a soup based on potatoes, leeks, broth (usually chicken), and heavy cream. Other ingredients...
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Sybil Leek (née Fawcett; 22 February 1917 – 26 October 1982) was an English witch, astrologer, occult author and self-proclaimed psychic. She wrote many...
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Leek Wootton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Leek Wootton and Guy's Cliffe, in the Warwick district, in the county of Warwickshire...
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"Freek-a-Leek" is an American hip hop song co-written and recorded by American rapper Petey Pablo. It was released on December 1, 2003, as the second single...
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Leek Town Football Club is an English football club based in Leek, Staffordshire, playing in the Northern Premier League Premier Division, the seventh...
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named leek, from the word leek meaning "border water". Notable people with the surname include: Andy Leek (born 1958), English musician Gene Leek (born...
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Leek (Dutch: [leːk] ; Gronings: De Laik; West Frisian: De Like) is a village and former municipality in Groningen province in the northeastern Netherlands...
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Allium tricoccum (redirect from Ramps wild leek)
Allium tricoccum (commonly known as ramp, ramps, ramson, wild leek, wood leek, or wild garlic) is a bulbous perennial flowering plant in the amaryllis...
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John Leek may refer to: John Leek (priest) (died 1369), Canon of Windsor John Leek (died c.1415), MP for Nottinghamshire John Leek (died c.1449), MP for...
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Allium ampeloprasum (redirect from Babbington's Leek)
onion genus Allium. The wild plant is commonly known as wild leek or broadleaf wild leek. Its native range is southern Europe to southwestern Asia and...
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Leek Aleer (/lɛk/ LEK; born 21 August 2001) is a professional Australian rules footballer. He was selected by the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the...
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Jeffrey Tullis Leek is an American biostatistician and data scientist working as a Vice President, Chief Data Officer, and Professor at Fred Hutchinson...
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The Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway (L&MVLR) was a narrow gauge railway in Staffordshire, England that operated between 1904 and 1934. The line...
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The leek moth or onion leaf miner (Acrolepiopsis assectella) is a species of moth of family Acrolepiidae (formerly Glyphipterigidae) and the genus Acrolepiopsis...
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Allium ursinum (redirect from Bear leek)
wild garlic, ramsons, cowleekes, cows's leek, cowleek, buckrams, broad-leaved garlic, wood garlic, bear leek, Eurasian wild garlic or bear's garlic, is...
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Sempervivum arachnoideum (redirect from Cobweb house-leek)
Sempervivum arachnoideum, the cobweb house-leek, is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae, native to European mountains, in the Alps...
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Allium fistulosum (redirect from Asian leek)
Larger varieties of A. fistulosum, such as the Japanese negi, resemble the leek, whilst smaller varieties resemble chives. A. fistulosum can multiply by...
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Kenneth Leek (26 July 1935 – 19 November 2007) was a Welsh footballer, who played as a centre forward or inside forward for several different clubs and...
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Andy Leek (born 1958) is a singer/songwriter, poet and musician, known for his work with Dexys Midnight Runners and Sir George Martin. He is an original...
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Ellie Leek (born 21 January 1995) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Stoke City. Leek started her career at Bristol Academy...
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Matthew Leek is a former Rugby Union player. He attended The John Fisher School in Croydon, Surrey. He played for Saracens, London Wasps, and Leinster...
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Wild leek is a common name for several plants in the genus Allium It may refer to: Allium ampeloprasum, native to Eurasia, the wild ancestor of cultivated...
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Sempervivum (redirect from House-leek)
prosperity of those who live there. The plant is not closely related to the true leek, which belongs to the Allium genus. Other common names reflect the plant's...
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Allium triquetrum (redirect from Three-cornered leek)
native to the Mediterranean basin. It is known in English as three-cornered leek or three-cornered garlic, in Australia as angled onion and in New Zealand...
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Ralph Leek was an American football player for the Rutgers University Scarlet Knights. In 1980, he was a back-up to starting quarterback Ed McMichael....
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Allium iranicum (redirect from Iranian leek)
Allium iranicum or Iranian leek is a species of wild leek native to Afghanistan and Iran. It is used in traditional Iranian medicine as a treatment for...
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