Definition of Garlec
Gar"lic (?), n. [OE. garlek, AS.
gārleác; gar spear, lance +
leác 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 (Cratæva gynandra), bearing a fruit which has a
strong scent of garlic, and a burning taste.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a plant related to the onion.
- the bulbous root of the garlic plant, used to flavor food.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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