clove lietuviškai

Paaiškinimas anglų kalba

• spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; used whole or ground
• one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb
• moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves
• aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice
• A plant genus in the family MYRTACEAE, order Myrtales, subclass Rosidae. It is best known for cloves, which is the flower bud that is the source of an oil rich in EUGENOL. The botanical name has varied: Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr.&L. M. Perry = Eugenia caryophyllata Thunb. = Caryophyllus aromaticus L. The Eugenia-Syzygium name is discussed in Amer. J. Bot 59:423 1972.