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clove2

Pronunciation: /kləʊv/

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Definition of clove

noun

any of the small bulbs making up a compound bulb of garlic, shallot, etc.: rub a dish with a crushed clove of garlic

Origin:

Old English clufu, of Germanic origin, corresponding to the first element of German Knoblauch (altered from Old High German klovolouh), and the base of cleave¹