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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.

Definition 2024


garlic

garlic

English

Garlic bulbs.

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Noun

garlic (countable and uncountable, plural garlics)

  1. A plant, Allium sativum, related to the onion, having a pungent bulb much used in cooking.
    • 2013 March 1, David S. Senchina, “Athletics and Herbal Supplements”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, page 134:
      Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.

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garlic (third-person singular simple present garlics, present participle garlicking, simple past and past participle garlicked)

  1. To flavour with garlic

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