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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024clove1 /kloʊv/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Plant Biologythe dried flower bud of a tropical tree of the myrtle family, used as a spice:The cloves came from Zanzibar.
- Plant Biologythe tree itself.
clove2 /kloʊv/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Botanyone of the small bulbs formed in certain plants, as garlic.
clove3 /kloʊv/USA pronunciation v. - a pt. of cleave2.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024clove1 (klōv),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologythe dried flower bud of a tropical tree, Syzygium aromaticum, of the myrtle family, used whole or ground as a spice.
- Plant Biologythe tree itself.
- Old French clou de gilofre. See clou, gillyflower
- Middle English clow(e), short for clow-gilofre 1175–1225
- Botanyone of the small bulbs formed in the axils of the scales of a mother bulb, as in garlic.
- bef. 1000; Middle English; Old English clufu bulb (cognate with Middle Dutch clōve, Dutch kloof ); akin to cleave2
- a pt. of cleave 2.
clove4 (klōv),USA pronunciation n. - Weights and Measuresa British unit of weight for wool, cheese, etc., usually equivalent to 8 pounds (3.6 kilograms).
- Anglo-French clove, earlier clou, equivalent. to Anglo-Latin clāvus, Latin: nail; see clove1
- Middle English claue 1300–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: clove /kləʊv/ n - a tropical evergreen myrtaceous tree, Syzygium aromaticum, native to the East Indies but cultivated elsewhere, esp Zanzibar
- the dried unopened flower buds of this tree, used as a pungent fragrant spice
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French clou de girofle, literally: nail of clove, clou from Latin clāvus nail + girofle clove tree clove /kləʊv/ n - any of the segments of a compound bulb that arise from the axils of the scales of a large bulb
Etymology: Old English clufu bulb; related to Old High German klovolouh garlic; see cleave1 clove /kləʊv/ vb - a past tense of cleave1
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