garlic

[gar·lic]

Bulbous herb of southern Europe widely naturalized; bulb breaks up into separate strong flavored cloves

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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.

Noun
aromatic bulb used as seasoning

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


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.

n.
A kind of jig or farce.


Garlic

Gar"lic , n. [OE. garlek, AS. g'berle'a0c; gar spear, lance + le'a0c 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. 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 (Crat'91va gynandra), bearing a fruit which has a strong scent of garlic, and a burning taste.

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.

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Usage Examples

What garlic is to salad, insanity is to art.

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Other Usage Examples

They eat the dainty food of famous chefs with the same pleasure with which they devour gross peasant dishes, mostly composed of garlic and tomatoes, or fisherman's octopus and shrimps, fried in heavily scented olive oil on a little deserted beach.

The food in such places is so tasteless because the members associate spices and garlic with just the sort of people they're trying to keep out.

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