garlic

1. 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. Source: opted

2. n. A kind of jig or farce. Source: opted

3. n. bulbous herb of southern Europe widely naturalized; bulb breaks up into separate strong-flavored cloves Source: wordnet

4. n. aromatic bulb used as seasoning Source: wordnet

5. 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. Source: webster

6. A plant of the genus Allium (A. sativum is the cultivatedvariety), having a bulbous root, a very strong smell, and an acrid,pungent taste. Each root is composed of several lesser bulbs, calledcloves of garlic, inclosed in a common membranous coat, and easilyseparable. Source: adambom

7. n:100 n. bulbous herb of southern Europe widely naturalized; bulb breaks up into separate strong-flavored cloves n. aromatic bulb used as seasoning Source: ecdict

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