clove

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.
2. isim A clove tree, of the species Syzygium aromaticum (syn. Caryophyllus aromaticus), native to the Moluccas (Indonesian islands), which produces the spice.
3. isim An old English measure of weight, containing 7 pounds (3.2 kg), i.e. half a stone.

   “By a statute of 9 Hen. VI. it was ordained that the wey of cheese should contain 32 cloves of 7 lbs. each, i.e. 224 lbs., or 2 cwts.”

4. isim One of the small bulbs formed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb.

   “clove of garlic, garlic clove, clove of a sea-onion, clove of shallot, cloves of bulbs”

5. fiil simple past of cleave
6. isim A narrow valley with steep sides, used in areas of North America first settled by the Dutch