Definition of clove

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Clove (n.) A weight. A clove of cheese is about eight pounds, of wool, about seven pounds..

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Eugenin :: Eugenin (n.) A colorless, crystalline substance extracted from oil of cloves; -- called also clove camphor..
Sucrate :: Suckling (v. t.) A small kind of yellow clover (Trifolium filiforme) common in Southern Europe.
Pyralid :: Pyralid (n.) Any moth of the family Pyralidae. The species are numerous and mostly small, but some of them are very injurious, as the bee moth, meal moth, hop moth, and clover moth..
Clover :: Clover (n.) A plant of different species of the genus Trifolium; as the common red clover, T. pratense, the white, T. repens, and the hare's foot, T. arvense..
Club :: Club (n.) Any card of the suit of cards having a figure like the trefoil or clover leaf. (pl.) The suit of cards having such figure.
Alsike :: Alsike (n.) A species of clover with pinkish or white flowers; Trifolium hybridum.
Allspice :: Allspice (n.) The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name. The name is also given to other aromatic shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus); wild allspice (Lindera benzoin), called also spicebush, spicewood, and feverbush..
Cloven :: Cloven () of Cleav.
Eugenol :: Eugenol (n.) A colorless, aromatic, liquid hydrocarbon, C10H12O2 resembling the phenols, and hence also called eugenic acid. It is found in the oils of pimento and cloves..
Clove :: Clove (n.) A weight. A clove of cheese is about eight pounds, of wool, about seven pounds..
Clove :: Clove (v. t.) A cleft; a gap; a ravine; -- rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, Kaaterskill Clove; Stone Clove..
Clove :: Clove (imp.) Cleft.
Lotus :: Lotus (n.) A genus (Lotus) of leguminous plants much resembling clover.
Spice :: Spice (n.) A vegetable production of many kinds, fragrant or aromatic and pungent to the taste, as pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, allspice, ginger, cloves, etc., which are used in cookery and to flavor sauces, pickles, etc..
Trifoliated :: Trifoliated (a.) Having three leaves or leaflets, as clover. See Illust. of Shamrock..
Anthophyllite :: Anthophyllite (n.) A mineral of the hornblende group, of a yellowish gray or clove brown color..
Papilionaceous :: Papilionaceous (a.) Belonging to that suborder of leguminous plants (Papilionaceae) which includes the bean, pea, vetch, clover, and locust..
Clove :: Clove () of Cleav.
Cedrene :: Cedrene (n.) A rich aromatic oil, C15H24, extracted from oil of red cedar, and regarded as a polymeric terpene; also any one of a class of similar substances, as the essential oils of cloves, cubebs, juniper, etc., of which cedrene proper is the type..
Clove :: Clove (n.) A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree (Eugenia, / Caryophullus, aromatica), a native of the Molucca Isles..
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