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

Synonyms

clove tree Eugenia aromaticum Eugenia caryophyllatum Syzygium aromaticum garlic clove

Words of close approximity

clod clog clon clop clot cloy
cloak clock clomp clone close cloth cloud clout clown cloze
clove hitch cloven cloven foot cloven-footed cloven hoof cloven-hoofed clove oil clove pink clover clover fern cloverleaf clover-leaf roll cloveroot clover-root clove-scented clove tree