three-cornered leek

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   European leek naturalized in Great Britain; leaves are triangular

   Synonymstriquetrous leekAllium triquetrum

   Broaderalliaceous plant

Questions about three-cornered leek

What does three-cornered leek mean?

three-cornered leek means "European leek naturalized in Great Britain; leaves are triangular".

What is another word for three-cornered leek?

Close synonyms include triquetrous leek, Allium triquetrum. 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 three-cornered leek a common word?

three-cornered 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.