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Definition of Garlic

Garlic

  1. 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.

Garlic Quotations

What garlic is to salad, insanity is to art.
Augustus Saint-Gaudens

The only advice I can give to aspiring writers is don't do it unless you're willing to give your whole life to it. Red wine and garlic also helps.
Jim Harrison

The fashion industry isn't merely content to encase my meaty flanks in skintight denim. Oh, no! That denim also has to be white, a color that attracts ketchup, wine, garlic aioli, and any other foodstuffs I might otherwise be able to enjoy if I wasn't wearing ridiculously tight pants.
Diablo Cody

Hatred, for the man who is not engaged in it, is a little like the odor of garlic for one who hasn't eaten any.
Jean Rostand

Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of life.
Cyril Connolly
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Garlic Translations

garlic in Dutch is look, knoflook
garlic in French is ail
garlic in German is Knoblauch
garlic in Hungarian is fokhagyma
garlic in Italian is aglio
garlic in Portuguese is alho
garlic in Spanish is ajo

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