alliaceous

[prettygoodword]

alliaceous (al-ee-AY-shuhs) - adj., pertaining to or resembling garlic, onion, or other members of genus Allium, particularly in taste or smell.


This might be a rerun? It's suddenly looking familiar, but a quick search isn't finding it here. Hmm. (Google and other engines are very bad at finding DW entries.) Regardless, it's good enough to run again. From, unsurprisingly, Latin allium, garlic, coined in English with an adjectival ending around 1790.

---L.

Comments

[dhampyresa]

I love alliaceous dishes!

[prettygoodword]

Mmmm, garlic ...

[full_metal_ox]

A couple non-alliums that might qualify are asafoetida (known as hing in East Indian cookery; the dried latex from the root of various plants of genus Ferula, in the carrot family) and garlic mustard (Allaria petiola, in the crucifer family: an invasive weed in much of the U.S. and Canada, to the extent that foraging the stuff to get rid of it is encouraged.)

[prettygoodword]

Well, Alliaria (sp) does mean "like allium" ...

[dhampyresa]

Consider, also: onions. Shallots. Scallions. Leeks. Chives. Bears' garlic.