clove
noun
Simple meaning
Aromatic flower bud of a clove tree.
Pronunciation
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klohvIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈkloʊv
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
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noun
Aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice
Spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; used whole or ground
horticulturecooking
One of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb
horticulturecooking
One of the small bulbs formed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb.
countable
An old English measure of weight, containing 7 pounds (3.2 kg), i.e. half a stone.
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A plant of the genus Trifolium.
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Moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves.
Essential oil obtained from cloves and used to flavor medicines.
Any of several water ferns of the genus Marsilea having four leaflets.
Yeast-raised dinner roll made by baking three small balls of dough in each cup of a muffin pan.
Hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally.
A knot used to fasten a line temporarily to a post or spar.
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