Garlic

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.

A kind of jig or farce.

bulbous herb of southern Europe widely naturalized; bulb breaks up into separate strong-flavored cloves