clufu

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• clufu — f ( e/ a) clove (of garlic, etc.), bulb, tuber …   Old to modern English dictionary

• clove — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English clufu; akin to Old English clēofan to cleave Date: before 12th century one of the small bulbs (as in garlic) developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb II. past of cleave III. noun… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• gleubh- — To tear apart, cleave. Derivatives include clever and hieroglyphic. I. Basic form *gleubh . 1. cleave1, from Old English clēofan, to split, cleave, from Germanic *kleuban. 2. Probably o grade form *gloubh . clever, from …   Universalium

• clove — clove1 /klohv/, n. 1. the dried flower bud of a tropical tree, Syzygium aromaticum, of the myrtle family, used whole or ground as a spice. 2. the tree itself. [1175 1225; ME clow(e), short for clow gilofre < OF clou de gilofre. See CLOU,… …   Universalium

• 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

• clove — {{11}}clove (1) dried flowerbud of a tropical tree, used as a spice, late 15c., earlier clowes (14c.), from Anglo Fr. clowes de gilofre (c.1200), O.Fr. clou de girofle nail of gillyflower, so called from its shape, from L. clavus a nail (see SLOT …   Etymology dictionary

• clove — clove1 noun 1》 the dried flower bud of a tropical tree, used as an aromatic spice.     ↘(oil of cloves) aromatic analgesic oil extracted from cloves and used medicinally to relieve dental pain. 2》 the Indonesian tree from which cloves are… …   English new terms dictionary

• clove — I [[t]kloʊv[/t]] n. 1) pln the dried flower bud of a tropical tree, Syzygium aromaticum, of the myrtle family, used whole or ground as a spice 2) pln the tree itself • Etymology: 1175–1225; ME clow(e), short for clow gilofre < OF clou de… …   From formal English to slang

• clove — I. /kloʊv / (say klohv) noun 1. the dried flower bud of a tropical tree, Syzygium aromaticum, used whole or ground as a spice. 2. the tree. {Middle English clowe, from Old French clou (from Latin clāvus), in clou de girofle nail of clove (see… …  

• gleubh- —     gleubh     English meaning: to cut, slice, pare     Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schneiden, klieben, schnitzen, abschälen”     Material: Gk. γλύφω “ carve from, carve out, cut out with a knife; engrave; to NOTE down [on tablets] “, γλυφίς, ίδος f.… …   Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

• clove — clove1 [klōv] n. [ME clowe < OFr clou (de girofle), lit., nail (of clove) < L clavus, nail (see CLOSE2); so called from its shape] 1. the dried flower bud of a tropical evergreen tree (Eugenia aromatica) of the myrtle family, originally… …   English World dictionary