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1. (n.) clove
the dried flower bud of a tropical tree, Syzygium aromaticum, of the myrtle family, used whole or ground as a spice.
2. clove
the tree itself.
3. (n.) clove
one of the small bulbs formed in the axils of the scales of a mother bulb, as in garlic.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME; OE clufu bulb (c. MD clōve; cf. OS
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1. (noun) clove
aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice
2. (noun) clove, clove tree, Syzygium aromaticum, Eugenia aromaticum, Eugenia caryophyllatum
moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves
3. (noun) clove, garlic clove
one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb
4. (noun) clove
spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; used whole or ground
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) clove
a very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree (Eugenia, / Caryophullus, aromatica), a native of the Molucca Isles
2. (noun) clove
one of the small bulbs developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb, as in the case of garlic
3. (noun) clove
a weight. A clove of cheese is about eight pounds, of wool, about seven pounds
4. clove
of Cleave
5. clove
cleft
6. (verb) clove
a cleft; a gap; a ravine; -- rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, Kaaterskill Clove; Stone Clove
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Sense: the flower bud of a tropical tree dried for use as a spice.
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 Afrikaans: naeltjie |
 Arabic: قُرُنْفُل |
 Bulgarian: карамфил |
 Brazilian: cravo |
 Czech: hřebíček |
 German: die Gewürznelke |
 Danish: nellike |
 Greek: γαρίφαλο |
 Spanish: clavo |
 Estonian: nelk |
 Farsi: شکوفۀ میخک |
 Finnish: mausteneilikka |
 French: clou de girofle |
 Hebrew: צִפוֹרֶן @@@צִיפוֹרֶן$$$ |
 Hindi: लौंग |
 Croatian: klinčić |
 Hungarian: szegfűszeg |
 Indonesian: cengkih |
 Icelandic: negull, negulnagli |
 Italian: chiodo di garofano* |
 Japanese: ちょうじ |
 Korean: 정향 |
 Lithuanian: gvazdikas |
 Latvian: krustnagliņa |
 Malay: pokok bunga cenkih |
 Dutch: kruidnagel |
 Norwegian: nellik |
 Polish: goździk |
 Persian: شکوفۀ میخک |
 Pashto: لونګ، په لرې ختيز كې يو ډ |
 Portuguese: cravo |
 Romanian: cuişoare |
 Russian: гвоздика |
 Slovak: klinček |
 Slovenian: klinček |
 Serbian: karanfilić |
 Swedish: kryddnejlika |
 Thai: กานพลู |
 Turkish: karanfil |
 Taiwanese: 丁香 |
 Ukrainian: гвоздика |
 Urdu: لونگ |
 Vietnamese: cây đinh hương |
 Chinese: 丁香 |
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