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clove1 definition

clove (klōv)

noun

  1. the dried flower bud of a tropical evergreen tree (Eugenia aromatica) of the myrtle family, originally native to the East Indies: used as a pungent, fragrant spice
  2. the tree

Etymology: ME clowe < OFr clou (de girofle), lit., nail (of clove) < L clavus, nail (see close); so called from its shape

clove2 definition

clove (klōv)

noun

a segment of a bulb, as of garlic

Etymology: ME < OE clufu, akin to cleofan, to split: see cleave

clove3 definition

clove (klōv)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

cleave

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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