garlic skin
Pungent bulb husk
The papery outer covering of a garlic clove or bulb.
Garlic skin is thin, dry, and slightly translucent, peeling away easily once the clove is separated from the head.
Recipes typically call for removing it before cooking: Peel the garlic skin before mincing.
- peelOuter fruit layer
- peels offRemoves a covering
- paperyThin and dry-textured
- paper thinExtremely flimsy or slight
- huskDry seed covering
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