clove

noun6

1. •
   One of the small bulbs that make up the large, compound bulb in garlic, shallots, or similar plants.
2. •
   A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.
3. •
   A clove tree, of the species Syzygium aromaticum (syn. Caryophyllus aromaticus), native to the Moluccas (Indonesian islands), which produces the spice.
4. •
   (US) A narrow valley with steep sides.
5. •
   An old English measure of weight, containing 7 pounds (3.2 kg), i.e. half a stone.

   • By a statute of 9 Hen. VI. it was ordained that the wey of cheese should contain 32 cloves of 7 lbs. each, i.e. 224 lbs., or 2 cwts. — 1866
6. •
   (no longer used) A segment or natural division of a fruit.

   • [W]e hurried by […] past the meatfaced woman, a butcher's dame, nuzzling thirstily her clove of orange. — 1922