alliaria officinalis

1. 1.

   European herb that smells like garlic

   Synonymsgarlic mustardhedge garlicsauce-alonejack-by-the-hedge

   Broadercrucifer

   Part ofAlliaria

Questions about alliaria officinalis

What does alliaria officinalis mean?

alliaria officinalis means "European herb that smells like garlic".

What is another word for alliaria officinalis?

Close synonyms include garlic mustard, hedge garlic, sauce-alone, jack-by-the-hedge. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is alliaria officinalis a common word?

alliaria officinalis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.