keeled garlic
- noun
- Specialized
:
ajo de quilla
- Botanists often study keeled garlic for its unique flowering structure and aroma.
Examples
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The garden was filled with keeled garlic, its purple blooms swaying gently in the breeze.
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She planted keeled garlic alongside other Allium species to attract bees.
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The keeled garlic blooms beautifully in spring.
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I planted some keeled garlics in my garden this year.
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The garden was filled with keeled garlic, its purple blooms swaying gently in the breeze.
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She planted keeled garlic alongside other Allium species to attract bees.
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The keeled garlic blooms beautifully in spring.
Synonyms
A small onion-like plant with a round bulb and purple or pink flowers used for food and decoration
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward adjective+noun combination where 'keeled' describes a physical, keel-like shape of part of the plant, so the phrase denotes a kind of garlic with that characteristic. As a descriptive botanical name the meaning is directly compositional and predictable from the constituents, so a learner who knows both words will understand it.
Etymology
Keeled garlic comes from keeled, from the word 'keel', the bottom ridge of a boat, and garlic, the plant. People noticed the plant's leaves and flower stalks have a long, raised ridge like a small keel, so the name points to the plant's shape.
