Clove
Clove , imperfect
Cleft. — Spenser
Collocations (2)
Clove hook (Nautical) , an iron two-part hook, with jaws overlapping, used in bending chain sheets to the clews of sails; -- called also clip hook. — Knight
Clove , noun
[Dutch kloof. See Cleave, transitive verb]
A cleft; a gap; a ravine; -- rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, Kaaterskill Clove; Stone Clove.
Clove , noun
[Old English clow, from French clou nail, clou de girofle a clove, lit. nail of clove, from Latin clavus nail, perh. akin to clavis key, English clavicle. The clove was so called from its resemblance to a nail. So in Dutch kruidnagel clove, lit. herb-nail or spice-nail. Compare Cloy.]
A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree (Eugenia aromatica syn. Caryophullus aromatica), a native of the Molucca Isles.
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Clove gillyflower or Clove pink (Botany) , any fragrant self-colored carnation.
Clove , noun
[Anglo-Saxon clufe an ear of corn, a clove of garlic; compare cleófan to split, English cleave.]
1.
(Botany) One of the small bulbs developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb, as in the case of garlic.
Developing, in the axils of its skales, new bulbs, of what gardeners call cloves.
2.
A weight. A clove of cheese is about eight pounds, of wool, about seven pounds. [Provincial English] — Halliwell