garlic
A plant, Allium sativum, related to the onion, having a pungent bulb much used in cooking.
Other meanings
A preparation from Allium sativum used as a food ingredient or the flavor or other characteristics of such an ingredient.
A kind of
- flavoring
Kinds of garlic
- clove
Related words
- bear's garlic
- broad-leaved garlic
- elephant garlic
- garlic chive
- garlic mustard
- garlic vine
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "gārlēac".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “garlic” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.