poirée — meaning in English
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English meaning
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chard
noun A leafy green vegetable with thick, often colourful stalks, related to beetroot and slightly bitter in taste.
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leek
noun A long, mild-flavoured vegetable related to the onion, with white and green layered leaves.
Senses
poirée is used for these senses in English:
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chard
(uncountable, culinary) An edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste.
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leek
A vegetable of variety Allium ampeloprasum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.
