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Definition of Clove
1. Noun. Aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice.
Generic synonyms: Flower Bud
2. Noun. Moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves.
Group relationships: Genus Syzygium, Syzygium
Generic synonyms: Spice Tree
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. Noun. A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree. ¹
2. Noun. (botany) The tree ''Eugenia aromatica'' syn. ''Caryophyllus aromatica'', native of the Moluccas (Indonesian islands) which produces it ¹
3. Noun. An old English measure of weight, containing 7 pounds (3.2 kg), i.e. half a stone. ¹
4. Noun. Any one of the separate bulbs that make up the larger bulb of garlic ¹
5. Verb. (simple past of cleave) ¹
6. Noun. A narrow valley with steep sides, used in areas of North America first settled by the Dutch ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clove
1. a spice [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clove
Literary usage of Clove
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Descriptive Dictionary of the Indian Islands & Adjacent Countries by John Crawfurd (1856)
"account of the clove, although it is not certain that he visited the Moluccas.
... He accurately describes the clove harvest, and he names the places of ..."
2. A Compendious History of the Cotton-manufacture: With a Disproval of the ...by Richard Guest by Richard Guest (1823)
"The rising of the clove draws out the five or six inches of roving shut fast
between the spindles and the clove into weft. When the clove is raised to M the ..."
3. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1917)
"clove Oil. clove oil has a very high ref. index, rarely falling below 1.5310 and
... Castor oil has recently been found as an adulterant of clove oil. ..."
4. A Descriptive Dictionary of British Malaya by Nicholas Belfield Dennys (1894)
"Down, therefore, to the first century after Christ, the clove and nutmeg were
unknown in Europe, and if known even in the mai'kets of Western India, ..."
5. A Dictionary of Weights and Measures for the British Isles: The Middle Ages by Ronald Edward Zupko (1985)
"1665 Assize 5: And every clove to be seven pounds of Avoirdupois-weight.
1665 Sheppard 6l: The Wey of Cheese must contain 32 cloves, and every clove 8 pound ..."
6. Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York, 1777-1795, 1801 by George Clinton, Hugh Hastings, James Austin Holden, New York (State). State Historian (1900)
"The clove Asks to Become a Permanent Military Post. Novem'r 14, 1778. To His
Excellency George Clinton Esqr. Governor of the State of New York. ..."
7. Between East and West: The Moluccas and the Traffic in Spices Up to the by R. A. Donkin (2003)
"1600) associated "Castilian gi- lope," meaning clove, with the large island of
... The European nomenclature of clove is less uniform than that of nutmeg or ..."
8. The Encyclopædia of Geography: Comprising a Complete Description of the by Hugh Murray, William Wallace, Robert Jameson, William Jackson Hooker, William Swainson, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1837)
"clove. 705 The clove of merchandise is the unexpanded flower ; the corolla forming
a ball or sphere on the top, between the teeth of the calyx: thus, ..."
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