Hebrew

כרישה

Englishleek

Definitions

1nounA vegetable with long flat green leaves and a thick white stem, used in soups, patties, and many cooked dishes.

I added chopped כרישה to the soup for a gentle onion-like flavor.

My grandmother makes vegetable patties with potato and כרישה.

At the market, we bought fresh כרישה for the holiday meal.

Word Origin

Language

Mishnaic Hebrew

Originally meant

A cultivated onion-like plant used as food.

Background

The word appears in early Hebrew sources for an edible plant from the onion family. In later Hebrew it stayed the regular name of the vegetable known in English as leek.

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