clove

1. of Cleave Source: opted

2. imp. Cleft. Source: opted

3. v. t. A cleft; a gap; a ravine; -- rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, Kaaterskill Clove; Stone Clove. Source: opted

4. n. A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree (Eugenia, / Caryophullus, aromatica), a native of the Molucca Isles. Source: opted

5. n. One of the small bulbs developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb, as in the case of garlic. Source: opted

6. n. A weight. A clove of cheese is about eight pounds, of wool, about seven pounds. Source: opted

7. n. aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice Source: wordnet

8. n. moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves Source: wordnet

9. n. one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb Source: wordnet

10. n. spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; used whole or ground Source: wordnet

11. imp. of Cleave. Cleft. Spenser. Clove hitch (Naut.) See under Hitch. -- Clove hook (Naut.), an iron two-part hook, with jaws overlapping, used in bending chain sheets to the clews of sails; -- called also clip hook. Knight. A cleft; a gap; a ravine; -- rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, Kaaterskill Clove; Stone Clove. A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree (Eugenia, or Caryophullus, aromatica), a native of the Molucca Isles. Clove camphor. (Chem.) See Eugenin. -- Clove gillyflower, Clove pink (Bot.), any fragrant self-colored carnation. 1. (Bot.) 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. Lindley. 2. A weight. A clove of cheese is about eight pounds, of wool, about seven pounds. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. Source: webster

12. imp. of Cleave. Cleft. Spenser. Clove hitch (Naut.) See underHitch.-- Clove hook (Naut.), an iron two-part hook, with jaws overlapping,used in bending chain sheets to the clews of sails; -- called alsoclip hook. Knight. Source: adambom

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