clovenoun
uk/kləʊv/us/kloʊv/clove noun (PLANT PART)
[ C ] a small separate part of a bulb of garlic (= a plant used in cooking):
This recipe takes four cloves of garlic.
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Parts of plants
- aerial root
- bud
- cambium
- cane
- corm
- cotyledon
- fig leaf
- frond
- lamina
- leafless
- lily pad
- meristem
- micropyle
- nectary
- organ
- rootstock
- testa
- the treetops
- trunk
- twig
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clove noun (SPICE)
[ C or U ] a small, dark brown dried flower of an evergreen tree (= one that never loses its leaves), used as a spice:
The ham was studded with cloves.
sweet spices such as ginger and clove
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Herbs & spices
- allspice
- basil
- bay leaf
- black pepper
- borage
- cinnamon
- condiment
- coriander
- cumin
- curry paste
- jalapeño
- lemon grass
- mace
- marjoram
- masala
- spearmint
- spice
- tarragon
- thyme
- turmeric
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cloveverb
uk/kləʊv/us/kloʊv/past simple of cleave