Garlic vs. Clove

Garlicnoun

A plant, Allium sativum, related to the onion, having a pungent bulb much used in cooking.

Garlicverb

To flavour with garlic

Garlicnoun

A plant of the genus Allium (A. sativum is the cultivated variety), having a bulbous root, a very strong smell, and an acrid, pungent taste. Each root is composed of several lesser bulbs, called cloves of garlic, inclosed in a common membranous coat, and easily separable.

Garlicnoun

A kind of jig or farce.

Garlicnoun

bulbous herb of southern Europe widely naturalized; bulb breaks up into separate strong-flavored cloves

Garlicnoun

aromatic bulb used as seasoning

Garlic

Garlic (Allium sativum) is a species of bulbous flowering plant in the onion genus Allium. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, Welsh onion and Chinese onion.

Clovenoun

A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.

Clovenoun

(countable) A clove tree, of the species Syzygium aromaticum (syn. Caryophyllus aromaticus), native to the Moluccas (Indonesian islands), which produces the spice.

Clovenoun

(countable) An old English measure of weight, containing 7 pounds (3.2 kg), i.e. half a stone.

Clovenoun

Any one of the separate bulbs that make up the larger bulb of garlic

Clove

Cleft.

Clovenoun

A cleft; a gap; a ravine; - rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, Kaaterskill Clove; Stone Clove.

Clovenoun

A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree (Eugenia aromatica syn. Caryophullus aromatica), a native of the Molucca Isles.

Clovenoun

One of the small bulbs developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb, as in the case of garlic.

Clovenoun

A weight. A clove of cheese is about eight pounds, of wool, about seven pounds.

Clovenoun

aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice

Clovenoun

moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves

Clovenoun

one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb

Clovenoun

spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; used whole or ground

Clove

Cloves are the aromatic flower buds of a tree in the family Myrtaceae, Syzygium aromaticum. They are native to the Maluku Islands (or Moluccas) in Indonesia, and are commonly used as a spice.