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Encyclopedia > Allium ampeloprasum

Allium ampeloprasum, the Broadleaf Wild Leek, has been differentiated into three different cultivated vegetables, leek, Elephant garlic and Kurrat. Binomial name Allium ampeloprasum var. ... Species Allium ampeloprasum Elephant Garlic, russian garlic(Allium ampeloprasum var. ... Kurrat or Egyptian Leek (Allium ampeloprasum var. ...


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Onion (1811 words)
Allium fistulosum L.; Welsh or Japanese Bunching Onion
One out of close to 300 species in the genus Allium, the onion has been dated to 2800 BC and played a significant part in the development of our world.
Many beliefs were associated with the onion, ranging from curing baldness to curing rabies.
Leeks (259 words)
The leek is also sometimes classified as Allium porrum (L.)
Rather than forming a tight bulb such as the onion, the leek produces a long cylinder of bundled leaf sheaths which are generally blanched by pushing soil around them (trenching).
Fluellen he is wearing a leek "for I am Welsh, you know, good countryman".
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