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R0273900 (rŏk′əm-bōl′)n.1. A variety of garlic (Allium sativum var. ophioscorodon) having a twisted scape, or a related plant (A. scorodoprasum) having a garliclike bulb.2. The bulb of either of these plants, used as a seasoning.

[French, from German Rockenbolle : Rocken, distaff (from Middle High German rocke, from Old High German rocko, from Vulgar Latin *rotica, from Latin rotāre, to turn; see rotate) + Bolle, bulb (from Middle High German bolle, from Old High German bolla, ball; see bhel- in Indo-European roots).]

rocambole

(ˈrɒkəmˌbəʊl) n (Plants) a variety of sand leek whose garlic-like bulb is used for seasoning[C17: from French, from German Rockenbolle, literally: distaff bulb (with reference to its shape)]

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(ˈrɒk əmˌboʊl)

n. a European plant, Allium scorodoprasum, of the amaryllis family, used like garlic. [1690–1700; < French < German Rockenbolle literally, distaff bulb (from its shape)]

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rocambole - European leek cultivated and used like leeksAllium scorodoprasum, giant garlic, sand leek, Spanish garlicalliaceous plant - bulbous plants having a characteristic pungent onion odor

Rocambole

(Allium scorodoprasum), a perennial herbaceous plant of the family Liliaceae. The ovate bulb is covered with dense brown scales and has numerous dark violet bulbels. The stem is 40–80 cm high and has short linear leaves measuring 4–10 mm across. The leaves are almost twice as short as the stems. The purple flowers are in an umbellate inflorescence, in which bulbels also develop. Rocambole is found in Western Europe and the European USSR. It grows in meadows, on grassy slopes, and amid shrubbery. The plant is sometimes cultivated for its bulbs and leaves, which are used in food in place of garlic.

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noun European leek cultivated and used like leeks

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