כָּרֵישָׁא II, (v. preced.; cmp. כַּרְשִׁינָה) leek. Sabb. VIII, 5 (80ᵇ) כדי לזבל כ׳ as much manure as is required for one leek plant. Y. ib. VII, 9ᵈ bot. כדי ליטע כרישה as much space as is required for planting one leek. Makhsh. I, 5; Tosef. ib. I, 5.—Pl. כָּרֵישִׁים, כָּרֵישִׁין. Kil. I, 2 כ׳ וכְרֵישֵׁי שדה וכ׳ (garden) leek and field-leek … are not heterogeneous, v. כִּלְאַיִם. Tosef. Sabb. XV (XVI), 14 גוזזין לו כ׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. כרשינן) we may cut leek for him (on the Sabbath, as a remedy for a serpent’s bite). Ned. VI, 9; Tosef. ib. III, 6; Y. ib. VI, 39ᵈ bot., v. קִפְלוֹט; a. fr.—V. כָּרָתֵי.