Overview of noun clove

The noun clove has 4 senses

• clove -- (aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice)


• clove, clove tree, Syzygium aromaticum, Eugenia aromaticum, Eugenia caryophyllatum -- (moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves)


• clove, garlic clove -- (one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb)


• clove -- (spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; used whole or ground)

Overview of verb cleave

The verb cleave has 3 senses

• cleave, split, rive -- (separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone")


• cleave -- (make by cutting into; "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock")


• cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere -- (come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere")