clove🔊

(Q15622897)A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.

A {{vern|clove tree}}, of the species (species) (syn. (species)), native to the Moluccas (Indonesian islands), which produces the spice.

An old English measure of weight, containing 7 pounds (3.2 kg), i.e. half a stone. (is this under the correct etymology?)

(bulb)(cooking) One of the small bulbs formed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb.

(spast)

(geography) A narrow valley with steep sides, used in areas of North America first settled by the Dutch