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Eugenia :: Eugenia (n.) A genus of myrtaceous plants, mostly of tropical countries, and including several aromatic trees and shrubs, among which are the trees which produce allspice and cloves of commerce..

Broom Rape :: Broom rape () A genus (Orobanche) of parasitic plants of Europe and Asia. They are destitute of chlorophyll, have scales instead of leaves, and spiked flowers, and grow attached to the roots of other plants, as furze, clover, flax, wild carrot, etc. The name is sometimes applied to other plants related to this genus, as Aphyllon uniflorumand A. Ludovicianum..

Alsike :: Alsike (n.) A species of clover with pinkish or white flowers; Trifolium hybridum.

Stalk :: Stalk (v. i.) To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under clover..

Eugenin :: Eugenin (n.) A colorless, crystalline substance extracted from oil of cloves; -- called also clove camphor..

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

Bisulcate :: Bisulcate (a.) Cloven; said of a foot or hoof.

Vernine :: Vernine (n.) An alkaloid extracted from the shoots of the vetch, red clover, etc., as a white crystalline substance..

Clowe-gilofre :: Clowe-gilofre (n.) Spice clove.

Spice :: Spice (n.) A vegetable production of many kinds, fragrant or aromatic and pungent to the taste, as pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, allspice, ginger, cloves, etc., which are used in cookery and to flavor sauces, pickles, etc..

Clove :: Clove () of Cleav.

Anthophyllite :: Anthophyllite (n.) A mineral of the hornblende group, of a yellowish gray or clove brown color..

Clover :: Clover (n.) A plant of different species of the genus Trifolium; as the common red clover, T. pratense, the white, T. repens, and the hare's foot, T. arvense..

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

Melilot :: Melilot (n.) Any species of Melilotus, a genus of leguminous herbs having a vanillalike odor; sweet clover; hart's clover. The blue melilot (Melilotus caerulea) is used in Switzerland to give color and flavor to sapsago cheese..

Gillyflower :: Gillyflower (n.) A name given by old writers to the clove pink (Dianthus Caryophyllus) but now to the common stock (Matthiola incana), a cruciferous plant with showy and fragrant blossoms, usually purplish, but often pink or white..

Trifoliated :: Trifoliated (a.) Having three leaves or leaflets, as clover. See Illust. of Shamrock..

Prangos :: Prangos (n.) A genus of umbelliferous plants, one species of which (P. pabularia), found in Thibet, Cashmere, Afghanistan, etc., has been used as fodder for cattle. It has decompound leaves with very long narrow divisions, and a highly fragrant smell resembling that of new clover hay..

Leguminous :: Leguminous (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, a very large natural order of plants (Leguminosae), which bear legumes, including peas, beans, clover, locust trees, acacias, and mimosas..

Clove :: Clove (n.) One of the small bulbs developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb, as in the case of garlic..

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