Garlic

Podcast 1 · Introduction

Garlic

A documentary-style narration: origin, meaning, and feel.

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

GAR-lik  /ˈɡɑːlɪk/

Definition

A plant of the genus Allium (Allium sativum), whose bulb is divided into segments called cloves and used as a pungent flavouring in cooking; the bulb or cloves of this plant.

Plain meaning

Garlic is the pungent bulb used in cooking worldwide — made up of individual cloves, it flavours food and has a long history of both culinary and medicinal use.

Register

Neutral and everyday in culinary contexts. Vernacular and informal in idiomatic use. Garlic breath is a cultural universality.