'Clove' definitions:

Definition of 'clove'

noun

Aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice

noun

Moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves [syn: clove, clove tree, Syzygium aromaticum, Eugenia aromaticum, Eugenia caryophyllatum]

noun

One of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb [syn: clove, garlic clove]

noun

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

From: GCIDE

Clove \Clove\, n. [AS. clufe an ear of corn, a clove of garlic; cf. cle['o]fan to split, E. cleave.]
1. (Bot.) One of the small bulbs developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb, as in the case of garlic. [1913 Webster]
Developing, in the axils of its skales, new bulbs, of what gardeners call cloves. --Lindley. [1913 Webster]
2. A weight. A clove of cheese is about eight pounds, of wool, about seven pounds. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Cleave \Cleave\ (kl[=e]v), v. t. [imp. Cleft (kl[e^]ft), Clave (kl[=a]v, Obs.), Clove (kl[=o]v, Obsolescent); p. p. Cleft, Cleaved (kl[=e]vd) or Cloven (kl[=o]"v'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Cleaving.] [OE. cleoven, cleven, AS. cle['o]fan; akin to OS. klioban, D. klooven, G. klieben, Icel. klj[=u]fa, Sw. klyfva, Dan. kl["o]ve and prob. to Gr. gly`fein to carve, L. glubere to peel. Cf. Cleft.]
1. To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut. [1913 Webster]
O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
2. To part or open naturally; to divide. [1913 Webster]
Every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws. --Deut. xiv. 6. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Clove \Clove\, imp. of Cleave. Cleft. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Clove \Clove\, n. [D. kloof. See Cleave, v. t.] A cleft; a gap; a ravine; -- rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, Kaaterskill Clove; Stone Clove. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Clove \Clove\, n. [OE. clow, fr. F. clou nail, clou de girofle a clove, lit. nail of clove, fr. L. clavus nail, perh. akin to clavis key, E. clavicle. The clove was so called from its resemblance to a nail. So in D. kruidnagel clove, lit. herb-nail or spice-nail. Cf. Cloy.] A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree (Eugenia aromatica syn. {Caryophullus aromatica}), a native of the Molucca Isles. [1913 Webster]
Clove camphor. (Chem.) See Eugenin.
Clove gillyflower, Clove pink (Bot.), any fragrant self-colored carnation. [1913 Webster]