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 Gar·lic n.
 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.]
 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.
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