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单词 clove gillyflower
释义

clove1 /klōv/

noun
  1. The flower-bud of the cloveˈ-tree (Eugenia caryophyllus or Syzygium aromaticum), dried as a spice, and yielding an essential oil, oil of cloves, used in medicine to relieve abdominal pain or as a remedy for toothache
  2. (in pl) a flavouring obtained from it
ORIGIN: Fr clou nail, from its shape, from L clāvus a nail

clove gillyflower or clove pink noun

A variety of pink, smelling of cloves

gillyflower /jilˈi-flowr/ (Shakespeare gillyvor /-vər/)

noun

A flower that smells like cloves, esp cloveˈ-gillyflower and stockˈ-gillyflower (see clove1and stock1)

ORIGIN: OFr girofle, from Gr karyophyllon the clove-tree, from karyon a nut, and phyllon a leaf
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