different between alliaceous vs garlic

English

Etymology

From Latin allium (“garlic”) +? -aceous.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???s

Adjective

alliaceous (comparative more alliaceous, superlative most alliaceous)

1. Smelling or tasting of garlic or onion.

Translations

English

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• garlicke (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English garlik, garleek, garlek, garlec, from Old English g?rl?ac (“garlic”, literally “spear-leek”), from g?r (“spear”, in reference to the cloves) + l?ac (“leek”). Cognate with Scots garlek, garleke, garlik (“garlic”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????l?k/
• (US) enPR: gär?l?k, IPA^(key): /????l?k/
• Rhymes: -??(?)l?k

Noun

garlic (countable and uncountable, plural garlics)

1. A plant, Allium sativum, related to the onion, having a pungent bulb much used in cooking.

Derived terms

Related terms

• leek

Translations

Verb

garlic (third-person singular simple present garlics, present participle garlicking, simple past and past participle garlicked)

1. To flavour with garlic

Translations

See also

• alliaceous
• ramp, ramson

Further reading

• garlic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• garlic on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Middle English

Noun

garlic

1. Alternative form of garlek