Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(spear leek). A bulbous plant similar to an onion and leek (Num. 11:5).
Concise Bible Dictionary:
Allium Sativum Bulb
The well-known vegetable much esteemed as a condiment in the East. The garlic of Egypt is the Allium sativum of the botanists, but there are different species in Palestine, where it is cultivated and prized. The Israelites longed for it when in the wilderness (Num. 11:5).
Allium Sativum Flower
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Meaning:
from an unused root meaning to exhale; garlic (from its rank odor)