Definition of Allium scorodoprasum

1. Noun. European leek cultivated and used like leeks.

Exact synonyms: Giant Garlic, Rocambole, Sand Leek, Spanish Garlic
Generic synonyms: Alliaceous Plant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Allium Scorodoprasum

Allium ampeloprasum
Allium ascalonicum
Allium canadense
Allium carinatum
Allium cepa
Allium cepa aggregatum
Allium cepa viviparum
Allium cernuum
Allium fistulosum
Allium haematochiton
Allium neopolitanum
Allium paradoxum
Allium porrum
Allium sativum
Allium schoenoprasum
Allium scorodoprasum (current term)
Allium sphaerocephalum
Allium tricoccum
Allium triquetrum
Allium tuberosum
Allium ursinum
Allium vineale
Allthing
Allu
Ally
Allyson
Alma
Alma-Ata
Almain
Almains

Literary usage of Allium scorodoprasum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Supplement to the English Botany of the Late Sir J. E. Smith and Mr. Sowerby by Sir William Jackson Hooker, James Sowerby, William Borrer, John William Salter (1849)
"Allium scorodoprasum. Linn, in Herb. Sp. PI. 103. Fl. Suec. 425. Fl. Dan. t. 290. " and t. 1455." Fries Nov. Suec. ed. 2. 84. Wahl. ..."

2. Origin of Cultivated Plants by Alphonse de Candolle (1885)
"... less considerable than many of those observed in other cultivated plants, as, for instance, in the cabbage. Rocambole—Allium scorodoprasum, Linnaeus. ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... chives; Allium scorodoprasum, rocambole, each of which is treated separately under its common name. Several uncultivated members of the genus are also ..."

4. Origin of Cultivated Plants by Alphonse de Candolle (1886)
"... less considerable than many of those observed in other cultivated plants, as, for instance, in the cabbage. Rocambole—Allium scorodoprasum, Linnaeus. ..."

5. Catalogus Horti academici vindobonensis by Stephan Endlicher (1842)
"Allium scorodoprasum Lam. Diet. I. 66. Allium scorodoprasum ft. Linn. Spec. 4?6. — 1J. — Habitat in Europa australi, passim sub nomine gallico »Rocambole« ..."

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