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Meaning of clove

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  clove
      n 1: aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice
      2: moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely
         cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are
         source of cloves [syn: {clove}, {clove tree}, {Syzygium
         aromaticum}, {Eugenia aromaticum}, {Eugenia caryophyllatum}]
      3: one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis
         of a larger garlic bulb [syn: {clove}, {garlic clove}]
      4: spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; used
         whole or ground

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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