noun
Origin: ME clowe < OFr clou (de girofle), lit., nail (of clove) < L clavus, nail (see close); so called from its shape
noun
Origin: ME < OE clufu, akin to cleofan, to split: see cleave
transitive verb, intransitive verb
See clove in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old French clou (de girofle), nail (of the clove tree)
Origin: , from Latin clāvus, nail
.noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old English clufu; see gleubh- in Indo-European roots
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