black garlic

noun

A type of aged garlic, which has turned a deep brown on the inside due to a fermentation process. Notably used as a food ingredient in some Asian cuisine.

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Meanings

nounblack garlic (countable and uncountable, plural black garlics)

plural black garlics

  1. countableuncountableA type of aged garlic, which has turned a deep brown on the inside due to a fermentation process. Notably used as a food ingredient in some Asian cuisine.

Origin

From black + garlic.

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APA

black garlic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20garlic

MLA

“black garlic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20garlic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “black garlic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20garlic.

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