Look up: Clove

1. clove
   [n] - aromatic flower bud of a clove tree 2. [n] - moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves 3. [n] - one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb 4. [n]...
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2. Clove
   Usually applied to one of the small sections that make up a garlic or shallot bulb
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3. clove
   the flowers of the clove tree picked before maturity Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • flower of the clove tree Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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4. Clove
   Clove imperfect of Cleave . Cleft. Spenser. Clove hitch (Nautical) See under Hitch . -- Clove hook (Nautical) , an iron two-part hook, with jaws overlapping, used in bending chain shee...
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5. Clove
   Clove noun [ Dutch kloof . See Cleave , transitive verb ] A cleft; a gap; a ravine; -- rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, Kaaterskill Clove ; Stone Clove .
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6. Clove
   Clove noun [ Middle English clow , from French clou nail, clou de girofle a clove, lit. nail of clove, from Latin clavus nail, perhaps akin to clavis key, English clavicle . The clove was so called from its res...
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7. Clove
   Clove noun [ Anglo-Saxon clufe an ear of corn, a clove of garlic; confer cleófan to split, English cleave .] 1. (Botany) One of the small bulbs developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb, as in the case of g...
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8. clove
   noun spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; used whole or ground
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9. clove
   clove tree noun moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves
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10. clove
    noun one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb
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11. Clove
    • of Cleave • (n.) One of the small bulbs developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb, as in the case of garlic. • (n.) A weight. A clove of cheese is about eight pounds, of wool, about seven pounds. • (v. t.) A cleft; a gap; a ravine; -- rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, Kaaterskill Clove; Stone Clove...
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12. clove
    small, reddish-brown flower bud of the tropical evergreen tree Syzygium aromaticum (sometimes Eugenia caryophyllata) of the family Myrtaceae, ... [3 related articles]
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13. Clove
    Clove is a German girl name. The meaning of the name is `Spice` The name Clove doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Clove seems to be unique!
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14. clove
    clove, name for a small evergreen tree (Syzygium aromaticum or Eugenia caryophyllata) of the family Myrtaceae (myrtle family) and for its unopened flower bud, an important spice. The buds, whose folded petals are enclosed in four toothlike lobes of the calyx, are gathered by hand, dried, and markete...
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15. clove
    Dried, unopened flower bud of the clove tree. A member of the myrtle family, the tree is a native of the Maluku Islands, Indonesia. Cloves are used for flavouring in cookery and confectionery. Oil of cloves, which has tonic qualities and relieves wind, is used in medicine. The aroma of cloves is als...
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16. Clove
    :This article is about the spice; for other meanings see clove (disambiguation). `Cloves` (Syzygium aromaticum) are the aromatic dried flower buds of a tree in the family Myrtaceae. Cloves are native to Indonesia and used as a spice in cuisines all over the world. Cloves are harvested ...
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17. Clove
    (ship) `The Clove` was the first British trade ship to make port in Japan. Captained by John Saris, it landed at Hirado, near Nagasaki, on 12 June 1613. Saris opened a trading post and factory in Hirado, which he passed on to his colleague Richard Cocks when he left Japan in December t...
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