Garlic

//ˈɡɑɹlɪk// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A plant, Allium sativum, related to the onion, having a pungent bulb much used in cooking. countable, uncountable

    "Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent."

  2. 2
    aromatic bulb used as seasoning wordnet
  3. 3
    A preparation from Allium sativum used as a food ingredient or the flavor or other characteristics of such an ingredient. uncountable
  4. 4
    bulbous herb of southern Europe widely naturalized; bulb breaks up into separate strong-flavored cloves wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To flavor with garlic. transitive

    "[…]then through the sunned gathering of her marjoram and sweet basil from the herb garden, reading of book reviews in the latest Scientific American, into the layering of a lasagna, garlicking of a bread, tearing up of romaine leaves, eventually, oven on, into the mixing of the twilight's whisky sours against the arrival of her husband, Wendell (“Mucho) Maas from work, she wondered, wondered, shuffling back through a fat deckful of days which seemed (wouldn't she be first to admit it?) more or less identical, or all pointing the same way subtly like a conjurer's deck, any odd one readily clear to a trained eye."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English garlek, garlik, from Old English gārlēac (“garlic”, literally “spear-leek”), from gār ("spear"; in reference to its sharp, tapering leaves) + lēac (“leek”). Cognate with Scots garlic (“garlic”), Faroese geirleykur (“garlic”), Icelandic geirlaukur (“garlic”).

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle English garlek, garlik, from Old English gārlēac (“garlic”, literally “spear-leek”), from gār ("spear"; in reference to its sharp, tapering leaves) + lēac (“leek”). Cognate with Scots garlic (“garlic”), Faroese geirleykur (“garlic”), Icelandic geirlaukur (“garlic”).

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