clove

noun

spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree

one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb

moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves

aromatic flower bud of a clove tree

Roots

clavusclove- · Latin · nail (from the spice's nail-like shape)

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