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CLOVE TREE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves
Synonyms:
clove; clove tree; Eugenia aromaticum; Eugenia caryophyllatum; Syzygium aromaticum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("clove tree" is a kind of...):
spice tree (tree bearing aromatic bark or berries)
Meronyms (parts of "clove tree"):
clove (aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice)
Holonyms ("clove tree" is a member of...):
genus Syzygium; Syzygium (a tropical evergreen tree of the myrtle family native to the East Indies but cultivated elsewhere)