clove
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- noun
- /kloʊv/
:
árbol de clavo de olor
- To make a delicious chai, add cinnamon, ginger, and a few whole cloves for extra warmth.
- a teaspoon of cloves
- whole cloves
- ground cloves
Examples
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Their former masters needed their help; however, during the clove harvest, all hands were needed to get the cloves off the trees before they rotted.
Academic text (2006) -
And from the remotest countries, it receives silk, aloes, cloves, sandalwood, and other products.
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Against all odds, the small vessel made it back to Spain with a full cargo of cloves and cinnamon, enough to cover the expedition and turn a profit.
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I know that these seeds will take years to produce cloves, so here goes: I'll be putting them into those lovely styrofoam rooting flats and letting them grow till next spring.
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Over large areas of northern and western Unguja and the majority of Pemba, clove plantations were developed as a new social and economic form, transforming the rural landscape both physically and socially.
Academic text (2006) -
By the time European colonial rule was established, Asians controlled the region's import-export trade, dominated the wholesale and retail fields, financed caravans to the interior, and lent money to Arab clove planters.
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The recipe calls for two cloves of garlic to enhance the flavor of the dish.
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Her favorite spice is clove, which she uses in many of her baked goods.
Synonyms
A tropical evergreen tree with red flowers that is grown for its dried flower buds called cloves
Tropical tree grown for its scented flower buds called cloves
A tropical evergreen tree grown for its dried flower buds that are used as cloves
An evergreen tropical tree that makes small brown flower buds used as a spice and in medicine
Compounds
An evergreen tropical tree that makes small brown flower buds used as a spice and in medicine
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Etymology
Clove (the tree) is named after the spice it gives: the tree produces the small, nail-shaped flower buds called 'cloves', so the name points to what the tree produces.