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Definition: Crataeva gynandra
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.
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2. A kind of jig or farce. [Obs.] --Taylor (1630).
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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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