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garlic mustard

British  

noun

  1. Also called: jack-by-the-hedge.   hedge garlic.  a plant, Alliaria petiolata, of N temperate regions, with small white flowers and an odour of garlic: family Brassicaceae (crucifers) Compare garlic

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This is garlic mustard, a Washington state Class A noxious weed.

From Seattle Times Jun. 11, 2022

If more people foraged but were foraging things like mallow, black mustard, garlic mustard, nonnative bramble berries, we’d actually be doing our ecosystems a world of good.

From Washington Post Apr. 7, 2022

Link used the garlic mustard she found for pesto, adding in some kale to help temper the weed's bite.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2021

Towering black locust, buckthorn, Japanese hedge parsley, honeysuckle, garlic mustard and dame’s rocket have all played a role in the congestion.

From Washington Times Jul. 18, 2020

“Reshi? Would you get me some goose grease, garlic, mustard Do we have any of those green things that smell like onions but aren’t?”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

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