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   garlic
         n 1: bulbous herb of southern Europe widely naturalized; bulb
               breaks up into separate strong-flavored cloves [syn:
               {garlic}, {Allium sativum}]
         2: aromatic bulb used as seasoning [syn: {garlic}, {ail}]

English Dictionary: garlic chive by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
garlic bread
n
  1. French or Italian bread sliced and spread with garlic butter then crisped in the oven
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
garlic butter
n
  1. butter seasoned with mashed garlic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
garlic chive
n
  1. a plant of eastern Asia; larger than Allium schoenoprasum
    Synonym(s): garlic chive, Chinese chive, Oriental garlic, Allium tuberosum
  2. large flat leaves used as chive is used
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
garlic clove
n
  1. one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb
    Synonym(s): clove, garlic clove
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
garlic mustard
n
  1. European herb that smells like garlic [syn: {garlic mustard}, hedge garlic, sauce-alone, jack-by-the- hedge, Alliaria officinalis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
garlic press
n
  1. a press for extracting juice from garlic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
garlic salt
n
  1. ground dried garlic and salt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
garlic sauce
n
  1. garlic mayonnaise [syn: aioli, aioli sauce, {garlic sauce}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
garlicky
adj
  1. relating to or tasting or smelling of garlic; "garlicky sauce"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
garrulous
adj
  1. full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors"
    Synonym(s): chatty, gabby, garrulous, loquacious, talkative, talky
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
garrulously
adv
  1. in a chatty loquacious manner; "`When I was young,' she continued loquaciously, `I used to do all sorts of naughty things'"
    Synonym(s): loquaciously, garrulously, talkatively, talkily
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
garrulousness
n
  1. the quality of being wordy and talkative [syn: garrulity, garrulousness, loquaciousness, loquacity, talkativeness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Garrulus
n
  1. type genus of the Garrulinae: Old World jays [syn: Garrulus, genus Garrulus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Garullus garullus
n
  1. fawn-colored jay with black-and-white crest and blue-and- black wings
    Synonym(s): common European jay, Garullus garullus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Girl Scout
n
  1. a girl who is a member of the Girl Scouts
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Girl Scouts
n
  1. an organization of young women and girls founded in 1912 for character development and citizenship training
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
girlish
adj
  1. befitting or characteristic of a young girl; "girlish charm"; "a dress too schoolgirlish for office wear"
    Synonym(s): girlish, schoolgirlish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
girlishly
adv
  1. like a girl; "she was girlishly shy"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
girlishness
n
  1. being characteristic of a girl
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gorilla gorilla
n
  1. largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa
    Synonym(s): gorilla, Gorilla gorilla
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gorilla gorilla beringei
n
  1. gorilla of Kivu highlands [syn: mountain gorilla, Gorilla gorilla beringei]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
n
  1. a kind of gorilla [syn: western lowland gorilla, {Gorilla gorilla gorilla}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gorilla gorilla grauri
n
  1. a kind of gorilla [syn: eastern lowland gorilla, {Gorilla gorilla grauri}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
graylag
n
  1. common grey wild goose of Europe; ancestor of many domestic breeds
    Synonym(s): greylag, graylag, greylag goose, graylag goose, Anser anser
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
graylag goose
n
  1. common grey wild goose of Europe; ancestor of many domestic breeds
    Synonym(s): greylag, graylag, greylag goose, graylag goose, Anser anser
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greylag
n
  1. common grey wild goose of Europe; ancestor of many domestic breeds
    Synonym(s): greylag, graylag, greylag goose, graylag goose, Anser anser
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greylag goose
n
  1. common grey wild goose of Europe; ancestor of many domestic breeds
    Synonym(s): greylag, graylag, greylag goose, graylag goose, Anser anser
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Garlic \Gar"lic\, n. [OE. garlek, AS. g[be]rle[a0]c; gar spear,
      lance + le[a0]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[91]va
            gynandra}), bearing a fruit which has a strong scent of
            garlic, and a burning taste.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Garlic \Gar"lic\, n. [OE. garlek, AS. g[be]rle[a0]c; gar spear,
      lance + le[a0]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[91]va
            gynandra}), bearing a fruit which has a strong scent of
            garlic, and a burning taste.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Garlic \Gar"lic\, n. [OE. garlek, AS. g[be]rle[a0]c; gar spear,
      lance + le[a0]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[91]va
            gynandra}), bearing a fruit which has a strong scent of
            garlic, and a burning taste.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Garlicky \Gar"lick*y\, a.
      Like or containing garlic.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Garrulous \Gar"ru*lous\, a. [L. garrulus, fr. garrire to
      chatter, talk; cf. Gr. [?] voice, [?] to speak, sing. Cf.
      {Call}.]
      1. Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial
            things; talkative; loquacious.
  
                     The most garrulous people on earth.   --De Quincey.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Having a loud, harsh note; noisy; -- said of
            birds; as, the garrulous roller.
  
      Syn: {Garrulous}, {Talkative}, {Loquacious}.
  
      Usage: A garrulous person indulges in long, prosy talk, with
                  frequent repetitions and lengthened details; talkative
                  implies simply a great desire to talk; and loquacious
                  a great flow of words at command. A child is
                  talkative; a lively woman is loquacious; an old man in
                  his dotage is garrulous. -- {Gar"ru*lous*ly}, adv. --
                  {Gar"ru*lous*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Garrulous \Gar"ru*lous\, a. [L. garrulus, fr. garrire to
      chatter, talk; cf. Gr. [?] voice, [?] to speak, sing. Cf.
      {Call}.]
      1. Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial
            things; talkative; loquacious.
  
                     The most garrulous people on earth.   --De Quincey.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Having a loud, harsh note; noisy; -- said of
            birds; as, the garrulous roller.
  
      Syn: {Garrulous}, {Talkative}, {Loquacious}.
  
      Usage: A garrulous person indulges in long, prosy talk, with
                  frequent repetitions and lengthened details; talkative
                  implies simply a great desire to talk; and loquacious
                  a great flow of words at command. A child is
                  talkative; a lively woman is loquacious; an old man in
                  his dotage is garrulous. -- {Gar"ru*lous*ly}, adv. --
                  {Gar"ru*lous*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Garrulous \Gar"ru*lous\, a. [L. garrulus, fr. garrire to
      chatter, talk; cf. Gr. [?] voice, [?] to speak, sing. Cf.
      {Call}.]
      1. Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial
            things; talkative; loquacious.
  
                     The most garrulous people on earth.   --De Quincey.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Having a loud, harsh note; noisy; -- said of
            birds; as, the garrulous roller.
  
      Syn: {Garrulous}, {Talkative}, {Loquacious}.
  
      Usage: A garrulous person indulges in long, prosy talk, with
                  frequent repetitions and lengthened details; talkative
                  implies simply a great desire to talk; and loquacious
                  a great flow of words at command. A child is
                  talkative; a lively woman is loquacious; an old man in
                  his dotage is garrulous. -- {Gar"ru*lous*ly}, adv. --
                  {Gar"ru*lous*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jay \Jay\, n. [F. geai, OF. gai, jaj, perh. fr. OHG. g[be]hi.
      Cf. {Gay}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of the numerous species of birds belonging to
      {Garrulus}, {Cyanocitta}, and allied genera. They are allied
      to the crows, but are smaller, more graceful in form, often
      handsomely colored, and usually have a crest.
  
      Note: The European jay ({Garrulus glandarius}) is a large and
               handsomely colored species, having the body pale
               reddish brown, lighter beneath; tail and wing quills
               blackish; the primary coverts barred with bright blue
               and black; throat, tail coverts, and a large spot on
               the wings, white. Called also {jay pie}, {Jenny jay},
               and {k[91]}. The common blue jay ({Cyanocitta
               cristata}.), and the related species, are brilliantly
               colored, and have a large erectile crest. The
               California jay ({Aphelocoma Californica}), the Florida
               jay ({A. Floridana}), and the green jay ({Xanthoura
               luxuosa}), of Texas and Mexico, are large, handsome,
               crested species. The Canada jay ({Perisoreus
               Canadensis}), and several allied species, are much
               plainer and have no crest. See {Blue jay}, and {Whisky
               jack}.
  
      {Jay thrush} (Zo[94]l.), any one several species of Asiatic
            singing birds, of the genera {Garrulax}, {Grammatoptila},
            and related genera of the family {Crateropodid[91]}; as,
            the white-throated jay thrush ({G. albogularis}), of
            India.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Girlish \Girl"ish\, a.
      Like, or characteristic of, a girl; of or pertaining to
      girlhood; innocent; artless; immature; weak; as, girlish
      ways; girlish grief. -- {Girl"ish*ly}, adv. --
      {Girl"ish*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Girlish \Girl"ish\, a.
      Like, or characteristic of, a girl; of or pertaining to
      girlhood; innocent; artless; immature; weak; as, girlish
      ways; girlish grief. -- {Girl"ish*ly}, adv. --
      {Girl"ish*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Girlish \Girl"ish\, a.
      Like, or characteristic of, a girl; of or pertaining to
      girlhood; innocent; artless; immature; weak; as, girlish
      ways; girlish grief. -- {Girl"ish*ly}, adv. --
      {Girl"ish*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grallic \Gral"lic\, a. (Zo[94]l.)
      Pertaining to the Grall[91].

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gralloch \Gral"loch\, n.
      Offal of a deer. -- v. t. To remove the offal from (a deer).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Graylag \Gray"lag`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The common wild gray goose ({Anser anser}) of Europe,
      believed to be the wild form of the domestic goose. See
      Illust. of {Goose}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Greylag \Grey"lag`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      See Graylag.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grillage \Gril"lage\, n. [F.] (Hydraulic Eagin.)
      A framework of sleepers and crossbeams forming a foundation
      in marshy or treacherous soil.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grilse \Grilse\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A young salmon after its first return from the sea.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Field \Field\, n. [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to D. veld, G.
      feld, Sw. f[84]lt, Dan. felt, Icel. fold field of grass, AS.
      folde earth, land, ground, OS. folda.]
      1. Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture;
            cultivated ground; the open country.
  
      2. A piece of land of considerable size; esp., a piece
            inclosed for tillage or pasture.
  
                     Fields which promise corn and wine.   --Byron.
  
      3. A place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself.
  
                     In this glorious and well-foughten field. --Shak.
  
                     What though the field be lost?            --Milton.
  
      4. An open space; an extent; an expanse. Esp.:
            (a) Any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn
                  or projected.
            (b) The space covered by an optical instrument at one
                  view.
  
                           Without covering, save yon field of stars.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                           Ask of yonder argent fields above. --Pope.
  
      5. (Her.) The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much
            of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon
            it. See Illust. of {Fess}, where the field is represented
            as gules (red), while the fess is argent (silver).
  
      6. An unresticted or favorable opportunity for action,
            operation, or achievement; province; room.
  
                     Afforded a clear field for moral experiments.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      7. A collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor
            contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the
            betting.
  
      8. (Baseball) That part of the grounds reserved for the
            players which is outside of the diamond; -- called also
            {outfield}.
  
      Note: Field is often used adjectively in the sense of
               belonging to, or used in, the fields; especially with
               reference to the operations and equipments of an army
               during a campaign away from permanent camps and
               fortifications. In most cases such use of the word is
               sufficiently clear; as, field battery; field
               fortification; field gun; field hospital, etc. A field
               geologist, naturalist, etc., is one who makes
               investigations or collections out of doors. A survey
               uses a field book for recording field notes, i.e.,
               measurment, observations, etc., made in field work
               (outdoor operations). A farmer or planter employs field
               hands, and may use a field roller or a field derrick.
               Field sports are hunting, fishing, athletic games, etc.
  
      {Coal field} (Geol.) See under {Coal}.
  
      {Field artillery}, light ordnance mounted on wheels, for the
            use of a marching army.
  
      {Field basil} (Bot.), a plant of the Mint family ({Calamintha
            Acinos}); -- called also {basil thyme}.
  
      {Field colors} (Mil.), small flags for marking out the
            positions for squadrons and battalions; camp colors.
  
      {Field cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a large European cricket
            ({Gryllus campestric}), remarkable for its loud notes.
  
      {Field day}.
            (a) A day in the fields.
            (b) (Mil.) A day when troops are taken into the field for
                  instruction in evolutions. --Farrow.
            (c) A day of unusual exertion or display; a gala day.
  
      {Field driver}, in New England, an officer charged with the
            driving of stray cattle to the pound.
  
      {Field duck} (Zo[94]l.), the little bustard ({Otis tetrax}),
            found in Southern Europe.
  
      {Field glass}. (Optics)
            (a) A binocular telescope of compact form; a lorgnette; a
                  race glass.
            (b) A small achromatic telescope, from 20 to 24 inches
                  long, and having 3 to 6 draws.
            (c) See {Field lens}.
  
      {Field lark}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The skylark.
            (b) The tree pipit.
  
      {Field lens} (Optics), that one of the two lenses forming the
            eyepiece of an astronomical telescope or compound
            microscope which is nearer the object glass; -- called
            also {field glass}.
  
      {Field madder} (Bot.), a plant ({Sherardia arvensis}) used in
            dyeing.
  
      {Field marshal} (Mil.), the highest military rank conferred
            in the British and other European armies.
  
      {Field mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a mouse inhabiting fields, as the
            campagnol and the deer mouse. See {Campagnol}, and {Deer
            mouse}.
  
      {Field officer} (Mil.), an officer above the rank of captain
            and below that of general.
  
      {Field officer's court} (U.S.Army), a court-martial
            consisting of one field officer empowered to try all
            cases, in time of war, subject to jurisdiction of garrison
            and regimental courts. --Farrow.
  
      {Field plover} (Zo[94]l.), the black-bellied plover
            ({Charadrius squatarola}); also sometimes applied to the
            Bartramian sandpiper ({Bartramia longicauda}).
  
      {Field spaniel} (Zo[94]l.), a small spaniel used in hunting
            small game.
  
      {Field sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A small American sparrow ({Spizella pusilla}).
            (b) The hedge sparrow. [Eng.]
  
      {Field staff}> (Mil.), a staff formerly used by gunners to
            hold a lighted match for discharging a gun.
  
      {Field vole} (Zo[94]l.), the European meadow mouse.
  
      {Field of ice}, a large body of floating ice; a pack.
  
      {Field}, [or] {Field of view}, in a telescope or microscope,
            the entire space within which objects are seen.
  
      {Field magnet}. see under {Magnet}.
  
      {Magnetic field}. See {Magnetic}.
  
      {To back the field}, [or] {To bet on the field}. See under
            {Back}, v. t. -- {To keep the field}.
            (a) (Mil.) To continue a campaign.
            (b) To maintain one's ground against all comers.
  
      {To} {lay, [or] back}, {against the field}, to bet on (a
            horse, etc.) against all comers.
  
      {To take the field} (Mil.), to enter upon a campaign.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   --Simonds.
  
      {House car} (Railroad), a freight car with inclosing sides
            and a roof; a box car.
  
      {House of correction}. See {Correction}.
  
      {House cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a European cricket ({Gryllus
            domesticus}), which frequently lives in houses, between
            the bricks of chimneys and fireplaces. It is noted for the
            loud chirping or stridulation of the males.
  
      {House dog}, a dog kept in or about a dwelling house.
  
      {House finch} (Zo[94]l.), the burion.
  
      {House flag}, a flag denoting the commercial house to which a
            merchant vessel belongs.
  
      {House fly} (Zo[94]l.), a common fly (esp. {Musca
            domestica}), which infests houses both in Europe and
            America. Its larva is a maggot which lives in decaying
            substances or excrement, about sink drains, etc.
  
      {House of God}, a temple or church.
  
      {House of ill fame}. See {Ill fame} under {Ill}, a.
  
      {House martin} (Zo[94]l.), a common European swallow
            ({Hirundo urbica}). It has feathered feet, and builds its
            nests of mud against the walls of buildings. Called also
            {house swallow}, and {window martin}.
  
      {House mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the common mouse ({Mus musculus}).
           
  
      {House physician}, the resident medical adviser of a hospital
            or other public institution.
  
      {House snake} (Zo[94]l.), the milk snake.
  
      {House sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), the common European sparrow
            ({Passer domesticus}). It has recently been introduced
            into America, where it has become very abundant, esp. in
            cities. Called also {thatch sparrow}.
  
      {House spider} (Zo[94]l.), any spider which habitually lives
            in houses. Among the most common species are {Theridium
            tepidariorum} and {Tegenaria domestica}.
  
      {House surgeon}, the resident surgeon of a hospital.
  
      {House wren} (Zo[94]l.), the common wren of the Eastern
            United States ({Troglodytes a[89]don}). It is common about
            houses and in gardens, and is noted for its vivacity, and
            loud musical notes. See {Wren}.
  
      {Religious house}, a monastery or convent.
  
      {The White House}, the official residence of the President of
            the United States; -- hence, colloquially, the office of
            President.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cricket \Crick"et\ (kr?k"?t), n. [OE. criket, OF. crequet,
      criquet; prob. of German origin, and akin to E. creak; cf. D.
      kriek a cricket. See {Creak}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An orthopterous insect of the genus {Gryllus}, and allied
      genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing
      together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings.
  
      Note: The common European cricket is {Gryllus domesticus};
               the common large black crickets of America are {G.
               niger}, {G. neglectus}, and others.
  
      {Balm cricket}. See under {Balm}.
  
      {Cricket bird}, a small European bird ({Silvia locustella});
            -- called also {grasshopper warbler}.
  
      {Cricket frog}, a small American tree frog ({Acris gryllus});
            -- so called from its chirping.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Gerlach, NV
      Zip code(s): 89412

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Greeley Center, NE (village, FIPS 20050)
      Location: 41.54821 N, 98.52998 W
      Population (1990): 562 (228 housing units)
      Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Greeley County, KS (county, FIPS 71)
      Location: 38.47280 N, 101.80436 W
      Population (1990): 1774 (801 housing units)
      Area: 2015.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Greeley County, NE (county, FIPS 77)
      Location: 41.56254 N, 98.51541 W
      Population (1990): 3006 (1284 housing units)
      Area: 1476.0 sq km (land), 2.2 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Greilickville, MI (CDP, FIPS 35300)
      Location: 44.79913 N, 85.64580 W
      Population (1990): 1165 (504 housing units)
      Area: 7.7 sq km (land), 6.2 sq km (water)

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Garlic
      (Heb. shum, from its strong odour), mentioned only once (Num.
      11:5). The garlic common in Eastern countries is the Allium
      sativum or Allium Ascalonicum, so called from its having been
      brought into Europe from Ascalon by the Crusaders. It is now
      known by the name of "shallot" or "eschalot."
     
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