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elephant garlic

elephant garlic noun: a perennial plant related to leeks, Allium ampeloprasum var. ampeloprasum, having large cloves that can be substituted for garlic in cooking.

elephant garlic: a perennial plant related to leeks, Allium ampeloprasum var. ampeloprasum, having large cloves that...
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Noun

elephant garlic (uncountable)

  1. A perennial plant related to leeks, Allium ampeloprasum var. ampeloprasum, having large cloves that can be substituted for garlic in cooking.

Words that rhyme with elephant garlic

Questions about elephant garlic

What does elephant garlic mean?
Elephant garlic means a perennial plant related to leeks, Allium ampeloprasum var. ampeloprasum, having large cloves that can be substituted for garlic in cooking.
What part of speech is elephant garlic?
Elephant garlic is a noun.

Words near elephant garlic in the dictionary

  1. elephant ears
  2. elephant fish
  3. elephant fishes
  4. elephant foot yam
  5. elephant foot yams
  6. elephant garlic
  7. elephant grass
  8. elephant grasses
  9. elephant gun
  10. elephant guns
  11. elephant in the corner

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