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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 gar·lic /ˈgɑrlɪk/
 大蒜

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 gar·lic /ˈgɑrlɪk/ 名詞
 大蒜

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 garlic
      n 1: bulbous herb of southern Europe widely naturalized; bulb
           breaks up into separate strong-flavored cloves [syn: Allium
            sativum]
      2: aromatic bulb used as seasoning [syn: ail]

From: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

 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."