Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

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

   {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.