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noun
1.
the dried flower bud of a tropical tree, Syzygium aromaticum, of the myrtle family, used whole or ground as a spice.
2.
the tree itself.
Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English clow(e), short for clow-gilofre < Old French clou de gilofre. See clou, gillyflower
1175–1225; Middle English clow(e), short for clow-gilofre < Old French clou de gilofre. See clou, gillyflower
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Cloves
is always a great word to know.
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noun Botany.
one of the small bulbs formed in the axils of the scales of a mother bulb, as in garlic.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English; Old English clufu bulb (cognate with Middle Dutch clōve, Dutch kloof); akin to cleave2
before 1000; Middle English; Old English clufu bulb (cognate with Middle Dutch clōve, Dutch kloof); akin to cleave2
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clove
"slice of garlic," O.E. clufu, from P.Gmc. *klubo "cleft, thing cloven."
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