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garlic meaning in Tamil

பூண்டு pūṇṭu

/ˈɡɑːlɪk//ˈɡɑɹlɪk/

garlic in Tamil: பூண்டு (pūṇṭu). In English, garlic means a plant, Allium sativum, related to the onion, having a pungent bulb much used in cooking.

Tamil words for garlic

plant
பூண்டு pūṇṭu

English meaning of garlic

  1. noun A plant, Allium sativum, related to the onion, having a pungent bulb much used in cooking.
  2. noun A preparation from Allium sativum used as a food ingredient or the flavor or other characteristics of such an ingredient.
  3. verb To flavor with garlic.

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Questions about garlic in Tamil

What is the meaning of garlic in Tamil?
Garlic in Tamil is பூண்டு (pūṇṭu).
garlic என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
Garlic: பூண்டு (pūṇṭu).
What does garlic mean in English?
Garlic means a plant, Allium sativum, related to the onion, having a pungent bulb much used in cooking.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: garlic (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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