clove
Meaning
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- A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.
- A clove tree, of the species Syzygium aromaticum (syn. Caryophyllus aromaticus), native to the Moluccas (Indonesian islands), which produces the spice.
- An old English measure of weight, containing 7 pounds (3.2 kg), i.e. half a stone.
Concepts
clove
clove tree
garlic clove
Syzygium aromaticum
Eugenia aromaticum
Eugenia caryophyllatum
Eugenia aromaticam
lobule
caryophyllus aromaticus
eugenia aromatica
eugenia caryophyllata
eugenia caryophyllus
cloves
clove-tree
clove-gillyflower
gap
ravine
the clove-tree
lilac
claw
fingernail
nail
talon
unguis
spice
carnation
pink
sweet william
seasoning
slice
cell
piston ring
section
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kləʊv/
Etymology
From Middle English clove, an alteration of earlier clowe, borrowed from the first component of Old French clou (de girofle) (modern French clou de girofle), from Latin clāvus (“nail”) for its shape. Also see clāva (“knotty branch, club”). Doublet of clou and clavus.
New
cleave
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- To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
- To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical crystallographic planes (often by impact), forming facets on the resulting pieces.
- To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting.
- (chemistry) To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.
- To split.
- Of a crystal, to split along a natural plane of division.
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