Lexic.us

Definition of Spanish garlic

1. Noun. European leek cultivated and used like leeks.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spanish Garlic

Literary usage of Spanish garlic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fraser's Magazine by Thomas Carlyle (1846)
"The spanish garlic, which is used with ... It is mark- worthy, too, that this we cannot well remedy, as spanish garlic and onions on being transplanted into ..."

2. Gatherings from Spain by Richard Ford (1846)
"To give spanish garlic its due, it must be said that, when administered by a ... spanish garlic and onions degenerate after three years' planting when ..."

3. The Spaniards & Their Country by Richard Ford (1852)
"To give spanish garlic its due, it must be said that, when administered by a ... spanish garlic and onions degenerate after three years' planting when ..."

4. The Spaniards & Their Country by Richard Ford (1852)
"To give spanish garlic its due, it must be said that, when administered by a ... spanish garlic and onions degenerate after three years' planting when ..."

5. The American Home Garden: Being Principles and Rules for the Culture of by Alexander Watson (1859)
"Rocambole, or spanish garlic, is a milder variety, cultivated .in the same manner and for the same uses. * GREENS. Greens are either young plants raised in ..."

6. The Cook and Housewife's Manual: Containing the Most Approved Modern by Christian Isobel Johnstone (1828)
"spanish garlic-Sauce.—Slice a pound of gravy- beef and a quarter-pound of ham into thin bits, and lay them in a small stewpan, with four cloves of garlic, ..."

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