clove
英[kləʊv]
美[klov]
- n. [植][中医] 丁香
- v. 劈开（cleave的过去式）
英英释意
- 1. aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice
- 2. moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves
- 3. one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb
- 4. spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; used whole or ground