round-headed leek

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   Old World leek with a spherical bulb

   SynonymsAllium sphaerocephalum

   Broaderalliaceous plant

Questions about round-headed leek

What does round-headed leek mean?

round-headed leek means "Old World leek with a spherical bulb".

What is another word for round-headed leek?

Close synonyms include Allium sphaerocephalum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is round-headed leek a common word?

round-headed leek is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.