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gar⋅lic

  [gahr-lik]
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–noun
1. a hardy plant, Allium sativum, of the amaryllis family whose strongly, pungent bulb is used in cookery and medicine.
2. any of various other plants of the genus Allium.
3. the bulb of such a plant, consisting of smaller bulbs, or cloves, used in cooking, sometimes in the form of a powder or flakes.
4. the flavor or smell of this bulb.
–adjective
5. cooked, flavored, or seasoned with garlic: garlic bread; garlic salt.
6. of or pertaining to garlic.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME garlec, OE gārlēac (gar spear (c. G Ger) + lēac leek )

Related forms:
garlicked, gar⋅lick⋅y, adjective
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gar·lic   (gär'lĭk)   
n.  
  1. An onionlike plant (Allium sativum) of southern Europe having a bulb that breaks up into separable cloves with a strong distinctive odor and flavor.
  2. The bulb of this plant.
tr.v.   gar·licked, gar·lick·ing, gar·licks
To season or flavor (a food) with garlic.

[Middle English, from Old English gārlēac : gār, spear + lēac, leek.]
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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.

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 (Crat[ae]va gynandra), bearing a fruit which has a strong scent of garlic, and a burning taste.
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Language Translation for : garlic
Spanish: ajo,
German: der Knoblauch,
Japanese: にんにく
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garlic 
O.E. garleac (Mercian), garlec (W. Saxon), from gar "spear" (in reference to the clove), see gar + leac "leek."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: gar·lic
Pronunciation: 'gär-lik
Function: noun
: a European bulbous herb of the genus Allium (A. sativum) widelycultivated for its pungent compound bulbs much used in cookery; also : one of the bulbs
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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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."

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