Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A leek or small onion; a scallion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A scallion; a leek or small onion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
scallion ; aleek or smallonion .
Etymologies
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French porrette, from Latin porrum, porrus, leek. See porraceous.
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Examples
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And anon the devil began to missay him through the mouth of the wretched woman, and said: Thou eater of porret, ween thou to take me out of mine house?
The Golden Legend, vol. 5 1230-1298 1900
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