Bible Dictionary

Leek,

LEEK, a bulbous vegetable like the onion, a particular species of which has been cultivated in Egypt from a very early period. Num 11:5. It is eaten raw with bread. In the passage cited it is suppose…

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)

LEEK, a bulbous vegetable like the onion, a particular species of which has been cultivated in Egypt from a very early period. Num 11:5. It is eaten raw with bread. T.