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† cloved, ppl. a. Obs.
[f. clove n.1 + -ed2. In this sense OE. had clufeht adj.]
Divided into cloves like garlic. In early use: Bulbous.
[c1000Sax. Leechd. II. 128 Of þære clufihtan wenwyrte.] 1577Harrison England iii. viii. (1878) ii. 51 The root of the herbe [saffron]..is round..& yet it is not cloued as the lillie, nor flaked as the scallion. 1597Gerarde Herbal i. viii. §2. 11 The roote is thicke, and cloued like rush onions or ciues. Ibid. i. 151 The red Lillie of Constantinople hath a yellowe scaly or cloued roote. |