clove (redirected from Cloves)

clove ¹  (klv)

n.

1. An evergreen tree (Syzygium aromaticum) native to the Moluccas and widely cultivated in warm regions for its aromatic dried flower buds.

2. A flower bud of this plant, used whole or ground as a spice. Often used in the plural.

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[Middle English, from Old French clou (de girofle), nail (of the clove tree), from Latin clvus, nail.]

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clove ²  (klv)

n.

One of the small sections of a separable bulb, as that of garlic.

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[Middle English, from Old English clufu; see gleubh- in Indo-European roots.]

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clove ³  (klv)

v.

1. A past tense of cleave¹.

2. Archaic A past participle of cleave¹.

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clove ⁴  (klv)

v. Archaic

A past tense of cleave².

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clove ¹

Noun

a dried closed flower bud of a tropical tree, used as a spice [Latin clavus nail]

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clove ²

Noun

a segment of a bulb of garlic [Old English clufu bulb]

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clove ³

Verb

a past tense of cleave¹

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	clove - aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice clove - spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; used whole or ground clove tree, Eugenia aromaticum, Eugenia caryophyllatum, Syzygium aromaticum, clove - moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves flower bud - a bud from which only a flower or flowers develop
	2.	clove - moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves clove tree, Eugenia aromaticum, Eugenia caryophyllatum, Syzygium aromaticum genus Syzygium, Syzygium - a tropical evergreen tree of the myrtle family native to the East Indies but cultivated elsewhere clove - aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice spice tree - tree bearing aromatic bark or berries
	3.	clove - one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb garlic clove ail, garlic - aromatic bulb used as seasoning
	4.	clove - spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; used whole or ground spice - any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food clove - aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice

Translations

clove [kləuv] n → clavo;

clove of garlic → diente m de ajo

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clove [kləuv] n → clou m de girofle;

a clove of garlic → une gousse d'ail

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clove [kləuv] n → Gewürznelke f;

clove of garlic → Knoblauchzehe f

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clove [kləuv] n → chiodo di garofano;

clove of garlic → spicchio d'aglio

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clove¹

n clove [kləuv]

the flower bud of a tropical tree dried for use as a spice. naeltjie قُرُنْفُل карамфил hřebíček nellike die Gewürznelke γαρίφαλο clavo nelk شکوفۀ میخک neilikka clou de girofle צִפוֹרֶן @@@צִיפוֹרֶן$$$ लौंग klinčić szegfűszeg cengkih negull, negulnagli chiodo di garofano ちょうじ 정향 나무 gvazdikas krustnagliņa pokok bunga cenkih kruidnagel nellik goździk cravo cuişoare гвоздика klinček klinček karanfilić kryddnejlika กานพลู karanfil 丁香 гвоздика لونگ cây đinh hương 丁香