clove

Noun

• spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; used whole or ground

• one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb

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

• aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  garlic clove , clove tree , Syzygium aromaticum , Eugenia aromaticum , Eugenia caryophyllatum