'Garlic' definitions:
Definition of 'garlic'
From: WordNet
noun
Bulbous herb of southern Europe widely naturalized; bulb breaks up into separate strong-flavored cloves [syn: garlic, Allium sativum]
noun
Aromatic bulb used as seasoning [syn: garlic, ail]
Definition of 'Garlic'
From: 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). [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Garlic'
From: 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."
Words containing 'Garlic'
- Garlic mustard,
- Hedge garlic,
- canada garlic,
- crow garlic,
- daffodil garlic,
- false garlic,
- field garlic,
- garlic bread,
- garlic butter,
- garlic chive,
- garlic clove,
- garlic press,
- garlic salt,
- garlic sauce,
- giant garlic,
- golden garlic,
- keeled garlic,
- levant garlic,
- naples garlic,
- oriental garlic,
- spanish garlic,
- stag's garlic,
- wild garlic,
- wood garlic,
- Garlic pear tree,
- Pilled-garlic