Garlic vs. Clove
Difference Between Garlic and Clove
Garlicnoun
An onionlike plant (Allium sativum) of southern Europe having a bulb that breaks up into separable cloves with a strong distinctive odor and flavor.
Clovenoun
An evergreen tree (Syzygium aromaticum) native to the Moluccas and widely cultivated as a source of oil and for its aromatic dried flower buds.
Garlicnoun
The bulb of this plant.
Clovenoun
A flower bud of this plant, used whole or ground as a spice.
Garlicverb
To season or flavor (a food) with garlic.
Clovenoun
One of the small sections of a separable bulb, as that of garlic.
Garlicnoun
A plant, Allium sativum, related to the onion, having a pungent bulb much used in cooking.
Cloveverb
A past tense of cleave1.
Garlicverb
To flavour with garlic
Cloveverb
(Archaic)A past participle of cleave1.
Garlicnoun
bulbous herb of southern Europe widely naturalized; bulb breaks up into separate strong-flavored cloves
Cloveverb
A past tense of cleave2.
Garlicnoun
aromatic bulb used as seasoning
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
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
