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Found 2 hits - Term: hedge garlic, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
hedge \hedge\, n. oe. hegge, as. hecg; akin to haga an
   inclosure, e. haw, as. hege hedge, e. haybote, d. hegge, ohg.
   hegga, g. hecke. root12. see haw a hedge.
   a thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a
   thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land;
   and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a
   line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted
   round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts
   of a garden.
   1913 webster

         the roughest berry on the rudest hedge.  --shak.
   1913 webster

         through the verdant maze
         of sweetbrier hedges i pursue my walk.   --thomson.
   1913 webster

   note: hedge, when used adjectively or in composition, often
         means rustic, outlandish, illiterate, poor, or mean;
         as, hedge priest; hedgeborn, etc.
         1913 webster

   hedge bells, hedge bindweed bot., a climbing plant
      related to the morning-glory convolvulus sepium.

   hedge bill, a long-handled billhook.

   hedge garlic bot., a plant of the genus alliaria. see
      garlic mustard, under garlic.

   hedge hyssop bot., a bitter herb of the genus gratiola,
      the leaves of which are emetic and purgative.

   hedge marriage, a secret or clandestine marriage,
      especially one performed by a hedge priest. eng.

   hedge mustard bot., a plant of the genus sisymbrium,
      belonging to the mustard family.

   hedge nettle bot., an herb, or under shrub, of the genus
      stachys, belonging to the mint family. it has a
      nettlelike appearance, though quite harmless.

   hedge note.
   a the note of a hedge bird.
   b low, contemptible writing. obs. --dryden.

   hedge priest, a poor, illiterate priest. --shak.

   hedge school, an open-air school in the shelter of a hedge,
      in ireland; a school for rustics.

   hedge sparrow zool., a european warbler accentor
      modularis which frequents hedges. its color is reddish
      brown, and ash; the wing coverts are tipped with white.
      called also chanter, hedge warbler, dunnock, and
      doney.

   hedge writer, an insignificant writer, or a writer of low,
      scurrilous stuff. obs. --swift.

   to breast up a hedge. see under breast.

   to hang in the hedge, to be at a standstill. "while the
      business of money hangs in the hedge." --pepys.
      1913 webster
see also:
haw hedge bells hedge bindweed convolvulus sepium hedge bill hedge garlic 
alliaria garlic mustard garlic hedge hyssop gratiola 
hedge marriage hedge mustard sisymbrium hedge nettle stachys 
hedge note hedge priest hedge school hedge sparrow accentor modularis 
chanter hedge warbler dunnock doney hedge writer 
to breast up a hedge breast to hang in the hedge 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
hedge garlic
     n : european herb that smells like garlic syn: garlic mustard,
          sauce-alone, jack-by-the-hedge, alliaria
         officinalis
see also:
garlic mustard sauce-alone jack-by-the-hedge alliaria officinalis 

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