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clove1/kləʊv/n. 1a a dried flower bud of a tropical plant, Eugenia aromatica, used as a pungent aromatic spice 丁香,(用作香料的)干丁香花苞 b this plant 丁香树 2 (in full 全称 clove gillyflower or clove pink) a clove-scented pink, Dianthus caryophyllus, the original of the carnation and other double pinks 麝香石竹,康乃馨(石竹属植物)[Middle English from Old French clou (de girofle) ‘nail (of gillyflower)’, from its shape, GILLYFLOWER being originally the name of the spice; later applied to the similarly scented pink] |