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Word entry · 4 letters

leek

Best crossword clue

"Onion's mild cousin"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /liːk/Part of speech nounSorted eeklStarts with LEnds with K2 cluesCommon crossword word
1L2E3E4K

Definitions

  1. A long white-and-green vegetable related to the onion.

Word origin

From Middle English leke, leek, lek, from Old English lēac (“a garden herb, leek, onion, garlic”), from Proto-West Germanic *lauk, from Proto-Germanic *lauką, *laukaz (“leek, onion”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend”).

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Onion's mild cousin4 letters
02Onion-like vegetable4 letters

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