Definitions
Aromatic spice bud; also a small segment of a bulb such as garlic.
Word origin
From Middle English clove, an alteration of earlier clowe, borrowed from the first component of Old French clou (de girofle) (modern French clou de girofle), from Latin clāvus (“nail”) for its shape. Also see clāva (“knotty branch, club”). Doublet of clou and clavus.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“clove of garlic, garlic clove, clove of a sea-onion, clove of shallot, cloves of bulbs”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Aromatic spice bud”5 letters
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