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- noun A species of onion (
Allium fistulosum ).
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Perhaps so called because it somewhat resembles the leek, one of the national emblems of Wales .]
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From Welsh + onion.
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