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rocambole

NOUN
  1. European leek cultivated and used like leeks

How To Use rocambole In A Sentence

  • Morally disreputable characters like Rocambole and Fantômas became the stars of ever-extending series of 19th-century romans feuilletons, plotting a course subsequently followed by the likes of Fu Manchu and Count Dracula.
  • A varied subgroup of purple stripe, this type also has characteristics of both rocambole and porcelain types and is possibly the garlic from which rocambole evolved.
  • The texture is rich, thick and meaty, with a hearty flavor especially compatible with tomatoes, rocambole, basil, savory and zucchini.
  • A. scorodoprasum is the species usually called rocambole; but that common name is of erratic application.
  • Some strains, known as hardneck varieties or rocamboles, produce a dramatic-looking flower stem as part of normal growth.
  • There are many varieties, in two major groups: the so-called soft necks, often found in the grocery store, and hard necks, also known as rocambole.
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