garlic mustard

Noun

Synonyms: garlic mustard hedge garlic sauce-alone jack-by-the-hedge Alliaria officinalis

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

European herb that smells like garlicSynonyms: garlic mustard hedge garlic sauce-alone jack-by-the-hedge Alliaria officinalis

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Garlic \Gar"lic\, n. [OE. garlek, AS. g[=a]rle['a]c; gar spear, lance + le['a]c leek. See Gar, n., and Leek.]

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. [1913 Webster]

2.A kind of jig or farce. [Obs.] --Taylor (1630). [1913 Webster]

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 (Crat[ae]va gynandra), bearing a fruit which has a strong scent of garlic, and a burning taste. [1913 Webster]