| 单词 | clove-tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasclove-tree 2. The tree, Caryophyllus aromaticus, originally a native of the Moluccas, but now cultivated in various tropical countries. (More fully clove-tree.) ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > medicinal and culinary plants > medicinal and culinary plant or part of plant > [noun] > clove-tree or bud(s) clove1594 mother clove1690 mother of cloves1728 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises v. xi. f. 260v The Cloue tree groweth in the Iles of Moluccas. 1693 T. P. Blount Nat. Hist. 54 The Clove-Tree groweth in Form much like to our Bay-Tree. 1832 E. Lankester Veg. Substances Food 348 The clove is a handsome tree. 1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 214 Amboyna was fixed upon for the exclusive growth of the clove. 1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 611 The Clove is an elegant evergreen shrub. < as lemmas |
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