head of garlic, cloves
head of garlic, and in pl., the cloves which compose it, ἡ γέλγις διαιρεῖται εἰς τὰς γέλγεις Id. HP 7.4.12, cf. Hp. Nat.Mul. 77; πότιμοι γέλγῑθες AP 6.232 (Crin.).
The corpus record
γέλγις
gelgis · ἡ
head of garlic
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What it meant — LSJ
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