GARLIC

garlic, ail

(noun) aromatic bulb used as seasoning

garlic, Allium sativum

(noun) bulbous herb of southern Europe widely naturalized; bulb breaks up into separate strong-flavored cloves

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

garlic (countable and uncountable, plural garlics)

A plant, Allium sativum, related to the onion, having a pungent bulb much used in cooking.

Verb

garlic (third-person singular simple present garlics, present participle garlicking, simple past and past participle garlicked)

To flavour with garlic

Source: Wiktionary

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Gar"lic, n. Etym: [OE. garlek, AS. garleác; gar spear, lance + leác leek. See Gar, n., and Leek.]

1. (Bot.)

Definition: A plant of the genus Allium (A. sativum is the cultivated variety), having a bulbous root, a very strong smell, and an acrid, pungent taste. Each root is composed of several lesser bulbs, called cloves of garlic, inclosed in a common membranous coat, and easily separable.

2. A kind of jig or farce. [Obs.] Taylor (1630). Garlic mustard, a European plant of the Mustard family (Alliaria officinalis) which has a strong smell of garlic.

– Garlic pear tree, a tree in Jamaica (Cratæva gynandra), bearing a fruit which has a strong scent of garlic, and a burning taste.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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