Leek: Difference between revisions

TheA '''leek''' is a [[vegetable]], a [[cultivar]] of ''[[Allium ampeloprasum]]'', the broadleaf wild leek ([[synonym (taxonomy)|syn.]] ''Allium porrum''). The edible part of the plant is a bundle of leaf sheaths that is sometimes erroneously called a [[plant stem|stem]] or stalk. The [[genus]] ''[[Allium]]'' also contains the [[onion]], [[garlic]], [[shallot]], [[scallion]], [[chives]],<ref name=Block2010>{{cite book|author=Block, E.|title=Garlic and Other Alliums: The Lore and the Science|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6AB89RHV9ucC|publisher=Royal Society of Chemistry|year=2010|isbn=978-0-85404-190-9}}</ref> and [[Allium chinense|Chinese onion]]. Three closely related vegetables, [[elephant garlic]], [[kurrat]] and Persian leek or ''tareh'', are also cultivars of ''A.&nbsp;ampeloprasum'', although different in their uses as food.<ref name="AN">{{cite web |url=http://www.allallergy.net/fapaidfind.cfm?cdeoc=684 |title=AllergyNet&nbsp;— Allergy Advisor Find |publisher=Allallergy.net |access-date=April 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615004222/http://allallergy.net/fapaidfind.cfm?cdeoc=684 |archive-date=June 15, 2010 }}</ref>