Garlic /(?)/
Gar·lic
Garlic
n.
- 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. (Bot.)
- A kind of jig or farce. [Obs.]
Phrases & Compounds
- 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.