Oriental garlic
- noun
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ajo oriental
- Farmers in eastern Asia often cultivate Oriental garlic for both its leaves and bulbs.
Examples
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You can substitute Oriental garlic for chives in many stir-fry dishes.
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The chef added freshly chopped Oriental garlic to the salad for extra flavor.
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I bought some fresh Oriental garlic at the market.
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Have you ever tried Oriental garlic in your stir-fry?
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Farmers in eastern Asia often cultivate Oriental garlic for both its leaves and bulbs.
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The chef added freshly chopped Oriental garlic to the salad for extra flavor.
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You can substitute Oriental garlic for chives in many stir-fry dishes.
Synonyms
A herb with flat green leaves and small white flowers that people use in cooking for a mild garlic taste
A herb with flat leaves and a mild onion taste used in Asian cooking
A plant with flat leaves and a mild garlic taste used like chives in cooking
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'oriental' = from East Asia and 'garlic' = the edible plant, so together they denote a type of garlic native to or associated with East Asia. This simple adjective + noun pattern is cross-linguistically common and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Oriental garlic is a name made of two parts: Oriental means 'from the East' and garlic shows it is a garlic-like plant used for its leaves and bulbs, so the name tells you it is a plant from eastern Asia that you can eat like garlic.
