clove
1. aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice • Hypernyms: flower bud • Part Holonyms: clove tree, Syzygium aromaticum, Eugenia aromaticum, Eugenia caryophyllatum 2. moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves • Syn: clove tree, Syzygium aromaticum, Eugenia aromaticum, Eugenia caryophyllatum • Hypernyms: spice tree • Member Holonyms: Syzygium, genus Syzygium 3. one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb • Syn: garlic clove • Hypernyms: garlic, ail 4. spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; used whole or ground • Hypernyms: spice
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