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gar⋅lic

[gahr-lik]
–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 )


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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Word Origin & History

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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Medical Dictionary

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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Bible Dictionary

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."

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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