| 单词 | hedge garlic |
| 释义 | hedge garlic[ hej-gahr-lik ] / ˈhɛdʒ ˌgɑr lɪk / nounan erect cruciferous plant, Alliara petiolata, of the mustard family, with distinctive white, four-petaled flowers and garlicky-tasting leaves: native to much of the world and introduced to North America, where it is considered noxious and invasive, hedge garlic is widely cultivated in Europe for its edible leaves and seeds, and in folk medicine is used especially as a diuretic to treat rheumatism and gout: With no natural predators in the U.S., hedge garlic spreads persistently. the leaves of this plant, used as food: a palate-rousing salad of arugula, dandelion greens, and hedge garlic. a concoction, especially in folk medicine, made from this plant: A tablespoon of hedge garlic two or three times a day should relieve the swelling. Also called gar·lic mus·tard, Jack-by-the-hedge, poor man's mus·tard . Origin of hedge garlicFirst recorded in 1825–30 Words nearby hedge garlicheder, hedera, hedge, hedge apple, hedge fund, hedge garlic, hedgehog, hedgehog cactus, hedgehop, hedge hyssop, hedge laying Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for hedge garlichedge garlic nounanother name for garlic mustard Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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