clove of garlic

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• Clove — Clove, n. [AS. clufe an ear of corn, a clove of garlic; cf. cle[ o]fan to split, E. cleave.] 1. (Bot.) One of the small bulbs developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb, as in the case of garlic. [1913 Webster] Developing, in the axils… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Garlic — For other uses, see Garlic (disambiguation). Garlic Allium sativum, known as garlic, from William Woodville, Medical Botany, 1793. Scientific classification …   Wikipedia

• clove — There are two distinct words clove in English. In clove of garlic [OE] the underlying notion is of ‘cutting’; the head of garlic is as it were ‘divided up’ into separate sections. The word goes back ultimately to the Indo European base *gleubh… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• clove — There are two distinct words clove in English. In clove of garlic [OE] the underlying notion is of ‘cutting’; the head of garlic is as it were ‘divided up’ into separate sections. The word goes back ultimately to the Indo European base *gleubh… …   Word origins

• clove garlic — зубчик чеснока to reek of garlic пахнуть чесноком to taste of garlic отдавать чесноком a clove of garlic, garlic bulblet зубок чеснока pronounced taste of garlic резкий запах чеснока garlic vinegar уксус, ароматизированный чесноком …   English-Russian travelling dictionary

• clove — clove1 [kləuv US klouv] n ↑clove [Sense: 1; Origin: Old English clufu] [Sense: 2; Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: clou (de girofle) nail of clove , from Latin clavus nail ] 1.) one of the separate parts that form a ↑garli …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• garlic — n. 1) a clove of garlic 2) a whiff of garlic * * * [ gɑːlɪk] a clove of garlic a whiff of garlic …   Combinatory dictionary

• garlic — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fresh ▪ raw ▪ wild ▪ roasted … OF GARLIC ▪ clove …   Collocations dictionary

• Garlic press — A garlic press is a kitchen utensil designed to crush garlic cloves efficiently by forcing them through a grid of small holes, usually with some type of piston. Many garlic presses also have a device with a matching grid of blunt pins to clean… …   Wikipedia

• clove — [[t]klo͟ʊv[/t]] cloves 1) N VAR Cloves are small dried flower buds which are used as a spice. ...chicken soup with cloves. 2) N COUNT: usu N of n A clove of garlic is one of the sections of a garlic bulb. 3) Clove is a past tense of cleave …   English dictionary

• garlic clove — noun one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb • Syn: ↑clove • Hypernyms: ↑garlic, ↑ail …   Useful english dictionary