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clove
noun
- 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
- the tree
noun
a segment of a bulb, as of garlic
transitive verb, intransitive verb
See clove in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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