garlic
/ˈgɑːlɪk/noun
mass noun
1
- a strong-smelling pungent-tasting bulb, used as a flavouring in cookery and in herbal medicine大蒜头。
2
- the central Asian plant, closely related to the onion, which produces this bulb大蒜, 蒜。
2.1
- Allium sativum, family Liliaceae (or Alliaceae).拉丁名Allium sativum, 百合科（或葱科）。
2.2
- used in names of plants with a similar smell or flavour, e.g. hedge garlic, wild garlic用于有相似气味的植物名中, 如 hedge garlic, wild garlic.
派生词
garlicky
adjective词源
Old English gārlēac, from gār 'spear' (because the shape of a clove resembles the head of a spear) + lēac 'leek'.