† squirlen.
Obsolete. rare.
A plant of the leek-kind.
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unset leek1530
vineyard leek1562
sectile leek1716
long leek1842
a1400 Stockh. Med. MS. ii. 616 in Anglia XVIII. 322 Garlec þe ton, lec þe toþer, Squirle is þe grete broþer.
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