CLOVE
\klˈə͡ʊv], \klˈəʊv], \k_l_ˈəʊ_v]\
Definitions of CLOVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; used whole or ground
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one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb
By Princeton University
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spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; used whole or ground
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one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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of Cleave
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Cleft.
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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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A weight. A clove of cheese is about eight pounds, of wool, about seven pounds.
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A cleft; a gap; a ravine; - rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, Kaaterskill Clove; Stone Clove.
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A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree (Eugenia, Caryophullus, aromatica), a native of the Molucca Isles.
By Oddity Software
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of Cleave
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Cleft.
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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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A weight. A clove of cheese is about eight pounds, of wool, about seven pounds.
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A cleft; a gap; a ravine; - rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, Kaaterskill Clove; Stone Clove.
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A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree (Eugenia, Caryophullus, aromatica), a native of the Molucca Isles.
By Noah Webster.
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A plant genus in the family MYRTACEAE, order Myrtales, subclass Rosidae. It is best known for cloves, the source of an oil rich in EUGENOL from the flower bud. The botanical name has varied: Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. & L. M. Perry = Eugenia caryophyllata Thunb. = Caryophyllus aromaticus L. The Eugenia-Syzygium name is discussed in Amer. J. Bot 59:423 1972.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Pa.t. of CLEAVE, to split.
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A pungent, aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower-bud (so called from its resemblance ot a nail) of the clove-tree, a native of the Moluccas.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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See Eugenia caryophyllata-c. Bark, see Myrtus caryophyllata-c. Pink, Dianthus caryophyllus- c. July flower, Dianthus caryophyllus.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The unexpanded and dried flower bud of Eugenia aromatica; a strong aromatic stimulant, chiefly used to modify the action of other medicines.
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One of the bulblets of which the compound bulb of the garlic and similar herbs is made up.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
Word of the day
Dopamine Acetyltransferase
- An enzyme that catalyzes the of groups from acetyl-CoA to arylamines. They have wide specificity for aromatic amines, particularly serotonin, and can also catalyze acetyl transfer between arylamines without CoA. EC 2.3.1.5.