"softneck" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: softnecks [plural]
Etymology: soft + neck Etymology templates: {{com|en|soft|neck}} soft + neck Head templates: {{en-noun}} softneck (plural softnecks)
  1. (often attributive) Any of the varieties of garlic that lack a stiff central stem or scape. Tags: attributive, often
    Sense id: en-softneck-en-noun-joHRt0KC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      },
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      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "soft + neck",
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    {
      "form": "softnecks",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of the varieties of garlic that lack a stiff central stem or scape."
      ],
      "id": "en-softneck-en-noun-joHRt0KC",
      "links": [
        [
          "garlic",
          "garlic"
        ],
        [
          "stiff",
          "stiff"
        ],
        [
          "central",
          "central"
        ],
        [
          "stem",
          "stem"
        ],
        [
          "scape",
          "scape"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(often attributive) Any of the varieties of garlic that lack a stiff central stem or scape."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "often"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "softneck"
}
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "soft + neck",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of the varieties of garlic that lack a stiff central stem or scape."
      ],
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