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clove

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Synonyms: close, love, cove, cleve, clone, glove, clive, cloze, cloke, clote, cloe

Antonyms: close, love, cove, cleve, clone, glove, clive, cloze, cloke, clote, cloe

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Noun

  1. A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.
  2. A clove tree, of the species Syzygium aromaticum (syn. Caryophyllus aromaticus), native to the Moluccas (Indonesian islands), which produces the spice.
  3. An old English measure of weight, containing 7 pounds (3.2 kg), i.e. half a stone.

Noun

  1. One of the small bulbs that make up the large, compound bulb in garlic, shallots, or similar plants.
    • clove of garlic, garlic clove, clove of a sea-onion, clove of shallot, cloves of bulbs
  2. A segment or natural division of a fruit.

Verb

  1. simple past of cleave

Noun

  1. A narrow valley with steep sides.

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