clove
Nouns
- (n) aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice
- (n) moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves clove tree, Eugenia aromaticum, Eugenia caryophyllatum, Syzygium aromaticum,
- (n) one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb garlic clove,
- (n) spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; used whole or ground