Clove

[kləʊv] or [klov]

Definition

(noun.) spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; used whole or ground.

(noun.) one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb.

(noun.) moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves.

(noun.) aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice.

Typist: Weldon--From WordNet

Definition

(-) of Cleave

(imp.) Cleft.

(v. t.) A cleft; a gap; a ravine; -- rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, Kaaterskill Clove; Stone Clove.

(n.) A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree (Eugenia, / Caryophullus, aromatica), a native of the Molucca Isles.

(n.) One of the small bulbs developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb, as in the case of garlic.

(n.) A weight. A clove of cheese is about eight pounds, of wool, about seven pounds.

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Definition

n. the unexpanded flower-bud of the clove-tree a native of the Moluccas used as a spice.—ns. Clove′-gill′yflower a clove-scented species of pink; Clove′-pink a variety of pink which has an odour like that of cloves.

pa.t. of Cleave.—n. Clove′-hitch (see Hitch.)

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