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ORIENTAL GARLIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Oriental garlic mean?
• ORIENTAL GARLIC (noun)
The noun ORIENTAL GARLIC has 1 sense:
1. a plant of eastern Asia; larger than Allium schoenoprasum
Familiarity information: ORIENTAL GARLIC used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A plant of eastern Asia; larger than Allium schoenoprasum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Allium tuberosum; Chinese chive; garlic chive; Oriental garlic
Hypernyms ("Oriental garlic" is a kind of...):
alliaceous plant (bulbous plants having a characteristic pungent onion odor)
Meronyms (parts of "Oriental garlic"):
garlic chive (large flat leaves used as chive is used)
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