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GARLIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Aromatic bulb used as seasoning
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("garlic" is a kind of...):
flavorer; flavoring; flavourer; flavouring; seasoner; seasoning (something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "garlic"):
clove; garlic clove (one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb)
Holonyms ("garlic" is a part of...):
Allium sativum; garlic (bulbous herb of southern Europe widely naturalized; bulb breaks up into separate strong-flavored cloves)
Derivation:
garlicky (relating to or tasting or smelling of garlic)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Bulbous herb of southern Europe widely naturalized; bulb breaks up into separate strong-flavored cloves
Synonyms:
Allium sativum; garlic
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("garlic" is a kind of...):
alliaceous plant (bulbous plants having a characteristic pungent onion odor)
Meronyms (parts of "garlic"):
ail; garlic (aromatic bulb used as seasoning)
Derivation:
garlicky (relating to or tasting or smelling of garlic)
Context examples:
Oligofructose-enriched inulin is made by combining two substances that occur naturally in many plants, including chicory root, wheat, bananas, onion, and garlic.
(Oligofructose-enriched inulin, NCI Dictionary)
It is as well just to have a tag or two of Horace or Virgil: ‘sub tegmine fagi,’ or ‘habet fœnum in cornu,’ which gives a flavour to one’s conversation like the touch of garlic in a salad.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"I shall cut off her head and fill her mouth with garlic, and I shall drive a stake through her body."
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
The leaves of garlic plants are neither inflated like onion leaves nor tubular like those of bunching onions.
(Allium sativum, NCI Thesaurus)
Fresh or aged, garlic extracts contain compounds such as diallyl and allyl propyl disulfides with potent antioxidant, cholesterol-lowering properties; regular ingestion may be preventative for atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases.
(Garlic Extract, NCI Thesaurus)
Nought, my sire, save that I have heard men say that there is a dish named an olla which is prepared there, though I have never been clear in my mind as to whether it was but a ragout such as is to be found in the south, or whether there is some seasoning such as fennel or garlic which is peculiar to Spain.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I believe they went to the trouble of putting an extra amount of garlic into our food; and I can't abide garlic.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Garlic contains compounds that are antibacterial, antifungal and reduce blood clotting.
(Allium sativum, NCI Thesaurus)
The alcoholic extract of the bulb or whole garlic plant Allium sativum (Liliaceae) with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Garlic Extract, NCI Thesaurus)
When I came back to my seat, I found that Lucy had moved slightly, and had torn away the garlic flowers from her throat.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
