garlic pear tree

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garlic pear tree - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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