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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun garlic has 2 senses

garlic(n = noun.plant) allium sativum - bulbous herb of southern Europe widely naturalized; bulb breaks up into separate strong-flavored cloves; Array

has parts: ail, garlic

is a kind of alliaceous plant

Derived form adjective garlicky₁

garlic(n = noun.food) ail - aromatic bulb used as seasoning; Array

is a kind of flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning

has particulars: clove, garlic clove

is a part of allium sativum, garlic

Derived form adjective garlicky₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

garlic, n. [OE. garlek, AS. gārleác; gar spear, lance + leác leek. See Gar, n., and Leek.].

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]
A kind of jig or farce. 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 (Cratæva gynandra), bearing a fruit which has a strong scent of garlic, and a burning taste.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

garlic, n.
1 any of various alliaceous plants, esp. Allium sativum.
2 the strong-smelling pungent-tasting bulb of this plant, used as a flavouring in cookery.

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garlicky adj.

Etymology

OE garleac f. gar spear + leac LEEK

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ROGET THESAURUS

garlic

Condiment

N condiment, seasoning, sauce, spice, relish, appetizer, salt, mustard, grey poupon mustard, pepper, black pepper, white pepper, peppercorn, curry, sauce piquante, caviare, onion, garlic, pickle, achar, allspice, bell pepper, Jamaica pepper, green pepper, chutney, cubeb, pimento, capsicum, red pepper, chili peppers, cayenne, nutmeg, mace, cinnamon, oregano, cloves, fennel, pot herbs, parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, bay leaves, marjoram, frankincense, balm, myrrh, paprika, saffron, ginger, turmeric.

Fetor

N fetor, bad, smell, bad odor, stench, stink, foul odor, malodor, empyreuma, mustiness, rancidity, foulness, stoat, polecat, skunk, assafoetida, fungus, garlic, stinkpot, fitchet, fitchew, fourmart, peccary, acridity, fetid, strong-smelling, high, bad, strong, fulsome, offensive, noisome, rank, rancid, reasty, tainted, musty, fusty, frouzy, olid, olidous, nidorous, smelling, stinking, putrid, suffocating, mephitic, empyreumatic.

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