[kləʊv], (Noun)

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- the dried flower bud of a tropical tree, used as an aromatic spice
(e.g: a teaspoon of ground cloves)

- the Indonesian tree from which cloves are obtained

- a clove-scented pink which is the original type from which the carnation and other double pinks have been bred


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Middle English: from Old French clou de girofle, literally ‘nail of gillyflower’(from its shape), gillyflower being originally the name of the spice and later applied to the similarly scented pink

[kləʊv], (Noun)

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- any of the small bulbs making up a compound bulb of garlic, shallot, etc.
(e.g: rub a dish with a crushed clove of garlic)


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Origin:
Old English clufu, of Germanic origin, corresponding to the first element of German Knoblauch (altered from Old High German klovolouh), and the base of cleave

[kləʊv], (Verb)

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