Garlic

1 verse

Numbers

We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Matthew George Easton, 1897

(Heb. shum, from its strong odour), mentioned only once (Num. 11:5). The garlic common in Eastern countries is the Allium sativum or Allium Ascalonicum, so called from its having been brought into Europe from Ascalon by the Crusaders. It is now known by the name of “shallot” or “eschalot.”

From Smith's Bible Dictionary

William Smith, 1884

(Numbers 11:5) is the Allium sativum of Linnaeus, which abounds in Egypt.