Garlic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Garlic \Gar"lic\, n. [OE. garlek, AS. g[=a]rle['a]c; gar spear,
     lance + le['a]c leek. See {Gar}, n., and {Leek}.]
     1. (Bot.) 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A kind of jig or farce. [Obs.] --Taylor (1630).
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     {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 ({Crat[ae]va
        gynandra}), bearing a fruit which has a strong scent of
        garlic, and a burning taste.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  garlic
       n 1: bulbous herb of southern Europe widely naturalized; bulb
            breaks up into separate strong-flavored cloves [syn: {Allium
            sativum}]
       2: aromatic bulb used as seasoning [syn: {ail}]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Garlic
     (Heb. shum, from its strong odour), mentioned only once (Num.
     11:5). The garlic common in Eastern countries is the Allium
     sativum or Allium Ascalonicum, so called from its having been
     brought into Europe from Ascalon by the Crusaders. It is now
     known by the name of "shallot" or "eschalot."