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garlic mustard noun[ U ] uk /ˌɡɑː.lɪk ˈmʌs.təd/ us /ˈɡɑːr.lɪk ˌmʌs.tɚd/ a wild plant with small white flowers and leaves that smell like garlic(= a plant of the onion family with a strong taste and smell) that can cause problems in areas where it does not grow naturally: 葱芥 Like most invasive species, garlic mustard spreads quickly and creates a monoculture where it grows. 像大多数入侵物种一样,葱芥蔓延速度很快,而且会成为其生长地的唯一植物。 Volunteers pull out invasive, non-native weeds such as garlic mustard and sweet clover. White-blossomed garlic mustard can rapidly take over a forest plot and out-compete more desirable native plants. Garlic mustard is also called Jack-by-the-hedge. Garnish the soup with a couple of garlic mustard leaves. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Flowers & flowering plants aconite adam-and-eve aeonium African daisy agapanthus edelweiss eglantine elderflower elephant ear erythronium loosestrife lords-and-ladies lotus love-in-a-mist lupin sedum sego lily self-heal senecio sensitive plant |