garlic

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

gar·lic BrE [ˈɡɑːlɪk] NAmE [ˈɡɑːrlɪk] noun uncountable
a vegetable of the onion family with a very strong taste and smell, used in cooking to give flavour to food
•a clove of garlic (= one section of it)
•Fry the chopped onion and crushed garlic for 3 minutes.
Derived Word: ↑garlicky

Word Origin:
[garlic garlicky] Old English gārlēac, from gār ‘spear’ (because the shape of a clove resembles the head of a spear) + lēac ‘leek’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  ail, Allium sativum