Lexic.us

Definition of Clove

1. Noun. Aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice.

2. Noun. Moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves.

3. Noun. One of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb.

4. Noun. Spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; used whole or ground.

Definition of Clove

1. imp. Cleft.

2. n. A cleft; a gap; a ravine; -- rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, Kaaterskill Clove; Stone Clove.

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

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

Definition of Clove

1. a spice [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clove

cloud up clough cloughs clour cloured clouring clours clous clout clouted

clouter clouters clouting clouts clout nail clove (current term) cloven cloven foot cloven hoof clover

clover-leaf roll clover-root clovered cloverleaf cloverleafs cloverleaf model cloverleaf skull cloverleaf skull syndrome cloverleaves cloveroot

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