Definition of clove

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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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Trifoliated :: Trifoliated (a.) Having three leaves or leaflets, as clover. See Illust. of Shamrock..
Clove :: Clove () of Cleav.
Claver :: Claver (n.) See Clover.
Lucern :: Lucern (n.) A leguminous plant (Medicago sativa), having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also alfalfa..
Cloven :: Cloven () of Cleav.
Eugenol :: Eugenol (n.) A colorless, aromatic, liquid hydrocarbon, C10H12O2 resembling the phenols, and hence also called eugenic acid. It is found in the oils of pimento and cloves..
Cloven-footed :: Cloven-footed (a.) Alt. of Cloven-hoofe.
Cleft-footed :: Cleft-footed (a.) Having a cloven foot.
Stalk :: Stalk (v. i.) To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under clover..
Papilionaceous :: Papilionaceous (a.) Belonging to that suborder of leguminous plants (Papilionaceae) which includes the bean, pea, vetch, clover, and locust..
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..
Head :: Head (n.) A dense cluster of flowers, as in clover, daisies, thistles; a capitulum..
Lotus :: Lotus (n.) A genus (Lotus) of leguminous plants much resembling clover.
Garlic :: Garlic (n.) A plant of the genus Allium (A. sativum is the cultivated variety), having a bulbous root, a very strong smell, and an acrid, pungent taste. Each root is composed of several lesser bulbs, called cloves of garlic, inclosed in a common membranous coat, and easily separable..
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..
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..
Harts Clover :: Harts clover () Melilot or sweet clover. See Melilot.
Clove :: Clove (n.) A weight. A clove of cheese is about eight pounds, of wool, about seven pounds..
Pyralid :: Pyralid (n.) Any moth of the family Pyralidae. The species are numerous and mostly small, but some of them are very injurious, as the bee moth, meal moth, hop moth, and clover moth..
Eugenin :: Eugenin (n.) A colorless, crystalline substance extracted from oil of cloves; -- called also clove camphor..
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