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- the dried flower bud of a tropical tree, used as a pungent aromatic spice丁香干花。
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oil of cloves
mass noun aromatic analgesic oil extracted from these buds and used medicinally, especially for the relief of dental pain丁香油。
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- the Indonesian tree from which these buds are obtained丁香树。
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- Syzygium aromaticum (also called Eugenia caryophyllus), family Myrtaceae.拉丁名Syzygium aromaticum（亦称Eugenia caryophyllus）, 桃金娘科。
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- （亦作clove pink 或clove gillyflower）a clove-scented pink which is the original type from which the carnation and other double pinks have been bred（麝）香石竹, 康乃馨。
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- Dianthus caryophyllus, family Caryophyllaceae.拉丁名Dianthus caryophyllus,石竹科。
词源
Middle English: from Old French clou de girofle, literally 'nail of gillyflower' (from its shape), GILLYFLOWER being originally the name of the spice and later applied to the similarly scented pink.