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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
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
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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