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Meanings of clove in English

Catalan
clavell d'especia
Spanish
syzygium aromaticum
Wikidata

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

        clavell d'especia
        Russian
        гвоздика
        Spanish
        clavos de olor
        Catalan
        clau
        Wikidata

        Spice made from dried flowers of clove (Syzygium aromaticum)

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              гвоздика
              Catalan
              gra d'all

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

                    gra d'all
                    Usage of clove in English
                    1
                    The voice of the chairman clove his speech with a cold accent.
                    The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
                    2
                    Will you add herbs this time, or just a clove of garlic?
                    Mastering the grill: the owner's manual for outdoor cooking
                    3
                    Our great wish was to see a clove plantation in full bearing.
                    In the Eastern Seas
                    4
                    Stockard clove the man to the chin and fell to clearing space.
                    The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke
                    5
                    Estein sprang from the poop and clove one man to the shoulders.
                    Vandrad the Viking; Or, The Feud and the Spell
                    6
                    Rub a bowl with the clove of garlic or slice of onion.
                    School and Home Cooking
                    7
                    That's because the allspice berry has clove oil or eugenol in it.
                    Cooking for geeks: real science, great hacks, and good food
                    8
                    Their tongues became parched, and clove to the roofs of their mouths.
                    The Three Midshipmen
                    9
                    David stared, and his tongue clove to the roof of his mouth.
                    The Flaming Forest
                    10
                    With calm, steady strokes, he clove his way through the yielding fluid.
                    A Voyage round the World / A book for boys
                    11
                    They carried sharp weapons, wherewith they clove many a helmet and buckler.
                    The Fall of the Nibelungs
                    12
                    Peel husk of the garlic and push each clove into the slots.
                    Radio NZ
                    13
                    Grayswandir clove to the blackness and could not be raised above it.
                    The Great Book of Amber
                    14
                    Then his nostrils flared as he detected my husband's overpowering clove scent.
                    The Book of Life
                    15
                    Irresistible as a thunderbolt, he clove himself a way through those Beaumontese.
                    The Life of Cesare Borgia
                    16
                    Yes, that is what I smell, like a clove carnation-itis divine.
                    The Price of Things
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                    United States of America
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                    United Kingdom
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