Why is garlic called garlic? Why is it not called garlic?

Because there is already a variety of garlic, in order to distinguish the size, it is called garlic. Baby garlic is much smaller than garlic. You can go to the vegetable market and observe it.

Supplement: Garlic (Garlic) is also called garlic, garlic, garlic, gourd, single garlic, single head garlic, and is the general name of garlic plants. A semi-annual herbaceous plant belonging to the genus Allium of the Liliaceae family, the bulbs of which are used as medicine. Harvest in spring and summer, tie up handles, hang in a ventilated place, dry in the shade and set aside. A farmer's proverb says, "If you don't grow garlic for nine months, it will grow only one head." In June, when the leaves are withered, dig them, remove the sediment, and air-dry or bake them until the skin is dry.