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

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

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

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

To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.

Example: The wings cleaved the foggy air.

To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical crystallographic planes (often by impact), forming facets on the resulting pieces.

To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting.

Example: The truck cleaved a path through the ice.

To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.

A narrow valley with steep sides, used in areas of North America first settled by the Dutch