GARLIC

A bulbous vegetable, of pungent smell and taste, and highly prized in the East. The Jews acquired a liking for it in Egypt, Nu 11:5. One variety, called the eschalot, or shallot, was introduced into Europe from Ascalon.

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Garlic. Garlic
(Heb. shum, from its strong odour), mentioned only once (Num. 11:5). The garlic common in Eastern countries is the Allium sativum or Allium Ascalonicum, so called from its having been brought into Europe from Ascalon by the Crusaders. It is now known by the name of “shallot” or “eschalot.”

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GARLIC. → General scriptures concerning Nu 11:5

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garlic. Garlic, n. a plant, a kind of strong onion

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Gar″lic (?), n. [[OE. garlek, AS. gārleác; gar spear, lance + leác leek. See Gar, n., and Leek.]] 1. 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. 2. A kind of jig or farce. Taylor (1630).
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.