Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - clove
Clove
clove
1. n. 1 a a dried flower-bud of a tropical plant, Eugenia aromatica, used as a pungent aromatic spice. b this plant. 2 (in full clove gillyflower or clove pink) a clove-scented pink, Dianthus caryophyllus, the original of the carnation and other double pinks. Etymology: ME f. OF clou (de girofle) nail (of gillyflower), from its shape, GILLYFLOWER being orig. the name of the spice; later applied to the similarly scented pink 2. n. any of the small bulbs making up a compound bulb of garlic, shallot, etc. Etymology: OE clufu, rel. to CLEAVE(1) 3. past of CLEAVE(1).
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English clufu; akin to Old English clēofan to cleave Date: before 12th century one of the small bulbs (as in garlic) developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb, see: cleave III. noun Etymology: alteration of Middle English clowe, from Anglo-French clou (de girofle), literally, nail of ~, from Latin clavus nail Date: 13th century the dried flower bud of a tropical tree (Syzygium aromaticum syn. Eugenia aromatica) of the myrtle family that is used as a spice and is the source of an oil ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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