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Meanings of clove tree in English
Catalan
clavell d'especia Spanish
syzygium aromaticum 
Moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves.
Usage of clove tree in English
1
About the time the nutmegs fruited one clove tree flowered.
2
The clove tree was originally confined to the five principal Molucca islands, and chiefly to Machean.
3
A clove tree, well weeded and taken care of, will produce from five to twenty pounds.
4
The flower buds of the clove tree are picked just before they open, and then dried for several days.
5
The clove tree, though somewhat smaller than the nutmeg, is quite similar in appearance, and, if possible, even more graceful and beautiful.
6
It had sifted through his fingers like sand, the price of one clove tree after another, till the whole grove was gone.
7
The clove trees were covered with pink blossoms whose fragrance entered the city.
8
At the same time he had fallen heir to a grove of clove trees; in short, he had been wealthy.
9
In Singapore, about ten years ago, there were then about 15,000 clove trees planted out, a few of which only had come in bearing.