Rocambole

Rocambole (Allium scorodoprasum), a plant of the same genus with garlic, onion, leek, &c., and nearly allied to garlic, which it resembles in its habit, although larger in all its parts. The root forms rounder cloves than those of garlic, and of much milder flavour; the umbels are also bulbiferous. Rocambole has long been cultivated in kitchen-gardens. It is a native of sandy soils in Denmark and other countries near the Baltic.