Clove

imp.	1.	Cleft. Clove hitch (Naut.) See under Hitch. Clove hook (Naut.) an iron two-part hook, with jaws overlapping, used in bending chain sheets to the clews of sails; - called also clip hook. - Knight.
n.	1.	A cleft; a gap; a ravine; - rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, Kaaterskill Clove; Stone Clove.
	1.	A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree (Eugenia aromatica syn. Caryophullus aromatica), a native of the Molucca Isles. Clove camphor (Chem.) See Eugenin. Clove gillyflower (Bot.) any fragrant self-colored carnation.
	1.	(Bot.) One of the small bulbs developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb, as in the case of garlic. Developing, in the axils of its skales, new bulbs, of what gardeners call cloves. - Lindley.
	2.	A weight. A clove of cheese is about eight pounds, of wool, about seven pounds.

Noun	1.	clove - aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice
	2.	clove - moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves Synonyms: clove tree, Eugenia aromaticum, Eugenia caryophyllatum, Syzygium aromaticum
	3.	clove - one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb Synonyms: garlic clove
	4.	clove - spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; used whole or ground

clove tree, Eugenia aromaticum, Eugenia caryophyllatum, flower bud, Syzygium aromaticum