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Webster 1913 Edition

Garlic

Gar′lic

,
Noun.
[OE.
garlek
, AS.
gārleác
;
gar
spear, lance +
leác
leek. See
Gar
,
Noun.
, 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 (
Cratæva gynandra
), bearing a fruit which has a strong scent of garlic, and a burning taste.

Webster 1828 Edition

Garlic

G`ARLIC

,
Noun.
A plant of the genus Allium, 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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