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garlic mustard

garlic mustard noun: a woodland herb (Alliaria petiolata) that has a garlic-like aroma, considered highly invasive in New World.

garlic mustard: a woodland herb (Alliaria petiolata) that has a garlic-like aroma, considered highly invasive in...
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Noun

garlic mustard (uncountable)

  1. A woodland herb (Alliaria petiolata) that has a garlic-like aroma, considered highly invasive in New World.

Questions about garlic mustard

What does garlic mustard mean?
Garlic mustard means a woodland herb (Alliaria petiolata) that has a garlic-like aroma, considered highly invasive in New World.
What part of speech is garlic mustard?
Garlic mustard is a noun.

Words near garlic mustard in the dictionary

  1. garlic crusher
  2. garlic crushers
  3. garlic fingers
  4. garlic knot
  5. garlic knots
  6. garlic mustard
  7. garlic pear
  8. garlic pears
  9. garlic powder
  10. garlic powders
  11. garlic press

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