Noun: garlic gaa(r)-lik
- Bulbous herb of southern Europe widely naturalized; bulb breaks up into separate strong-flavoured cloves
"She crushed fresh garlic for the pasta sauce";
- Allium sativum
- Aromatic bulb used as seasoning
"He crushed two cloves of garlic to flavour the pasta sauce"
Derived forms: garlics
Type of: alliaceous plant, flavor [US], flavorer [US], flavoring [US], flavour [Brit, Cdn], flavourer [Brit, Cdn], flavouring [Brit, Cdn], seasoner, seasoning
Encyclopedia: Garlic