Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Allium sativum L.

Family: Liliaceae

Origin: introduced

Common names:

Ail (1900, French) (158)

Allium (1919) (52)

Bili (1886, Illyria) (110)

Cesan (1886, Illyria) (110)

Clove garlic (1876?) (92)

Clown's-treacle [Clown's treacle] (1900) (158)

Common garlic (1768) (165)

Craf, cenhinnen, or garlleg (1886, Welsh) (110)

Cultivated garlic (Present) (50)

Garlic (1840-1977) (3, 19, 49, 52, 53, 57, 58, 92, 109, 110, 138, 155, 158)

Garlick (1768) (165)

Gartenlauch (1900, German) (158)

Kiplohkos (1886, Lettons) (110)

Knoblauch (1886, German) (110, 158)

Krunslauk (1886, Esthonian) (110)

Loshoun (1886, Bengali) (110)

Mahoushouda (1886, Sanskrit) (110)

Onion (1919) (52)

Poor-man's treacle (1900, treacle meant antidote to venomous bite, same as theriac) (158)

Quinen (1886, Breton) (110)

Schoum or schumin (1886, Hebrew) (110)

Scordon (1886, Modern Greek) (110)

Scorodon (1886, Ancient Greek) (110)

Suan (1886, China) (110)

Thoum or toum (1886, Arabic) (110)

Tiskert (1886, Berber) (110)

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