garlic cloves

Vampire-repelling kitchen staples

Garlic cloves are the individual segments that make up a head of garlic, each wrapped in papery skin.

Recipes specify cloves rather than whole heads because the distinction matters: Add three minced garlic cloves to the pan.

A single head typically contains ten to twelve cloves.

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aromatic · peel · press · sautéed · shallot · onion · herb · kitchen · breath · vampire · Italian · seasoning · chop · raw · spicy · papery · skin · aioli

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part-whole relation

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form and processing

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Finely chopped pungent bulb

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Culinary herb for garnishing

lettuce · cucumber · celery

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garlic, cloves, clove, garlicky, clave, cloven

Familiarity
Top 50,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G