GARLICS
Noun
garlics
(rare) plural of garlic
Usage notes
• The word garlic is usually uncountable. The plural garlics is used only when referring to multiple cultivars or possibly multiple instances of bulbs of garlic.
Verb
garlics
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of garlic
Source: Wiktionary
GARLIC
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.
GARLIC
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