A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.
One of the small bulbs formed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb.
clove of garlic, garlic clove, clove of a sea-onion, clove of shallot, cloves of bulbs
A narrow valley with steep sides, used in areas of North America first settled by the Dutch
simple past of cleave
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. ...
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