garlic bulb

Clove cluster underground

A garlic bulb is the rounded underground part of the garlic plant, composed of multiple cloves enclosed in papery skin.

It's the form in which garlic is typically sold and stored.

Individual cloves are broken off and peeled for cooking: Crush two cloves from a fresh garlic bulb.

Related

aromatic · vampire · Italian · peel · crush · breath · savory · herb · kitchen · Mediterranean · aioli · raw · spicy · head · papery · elephant · braided · harvest

Categories
Opposites
allium family contrast

garlic bulbsweet onion

onion · chervil · shallot · leek · scallion

flavor intensity

garlic bulbiceberg lettuce

Compact, pale salad green

cucumber · water · plain rice · white rice · tofu

culinary role

garlic bulbpotato

Edible underground tuber

Family

garlic, bulb, garlicky, bulbs, bulbous

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G