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garlic mustard

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garlic mustard
n.
A Eurasian weed (Alliaria petiolata) having small white flowers and an odor of garlic.

garlic mustard
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a plant, Alliaria petiolata, of N temperate regions, with small white flowers and an odour of garlic: family Brassicaceae (crucifers) Also called jack-by-the-hedge hedge garlic Compare garlic
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Noun1.garlic mustard - European herb that smells like garlicgarlic mustard - European herb that smells like garlic
crucifer, cruciferous plant - any of various plants of the family Cruciferae
Alliaria, genus Alliaria - a genus of herbs of the family Cruciferae; have broad leaves and white flowers and long siliques


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The settlers brought with them many shrubs and weeds like buckthorn, garlic mustard which outgrew and crowded, endangering the survival of native plants.
Wrth y git mochyn sy'n arwain i'r llwybr ger yr afon, roedd garlleg y berth (Alliaria petiolata; garlic mustard neu Jack-by-the-hedge) yn tyfu.
Nettles, daylily shoots, chickweed, ereasy greens, sochan, garlic mustard, dandelion, winter cress and violets are some of the plants my family picks in early spring for our salads and cooked greens.
 
 
 
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