1. Unclassified
of Cleave
2. Verb form
Cleft.
3. Verb
A cleft; a gap; a ravine; -- rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, Kaaterskill Clove; Stone Clove.
4. Noun
A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree (Eugenia, / Caryophullus, aromatica), a native of the Molucca Isles.
5. Noun
One of the small bulbs developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb, as in the case of garlic.
6. Noun
A weight. A clove of cheese is about eight pounds, of wool, about seven pounds.
7. Noun
moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
8. Noun
aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
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