clove
A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.
Other meanings
A clove tree, of the species Syzygium aromaticum (syn. Caryophyllus aromaticus), native to the Moluccas (Indonesian islands), which produces the spice.
An old English measure of weight, containing 7 pounds (3.2 kg), i.e. half a stone.
A kind of
- flower bud
Word history
From Latin "clāvus" (nail).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “clove” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.