What is the meaning of clove?

noun

• Aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice.
• Moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves.
  • synonyms: clove tree, Syzygium aromaticum, Eugenia aromaticum, Eugenia caryophyllatum
• One of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb.
  • synonyms: garlic clove
• Spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; used whole or ground.

verb

• Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument.
  • usage: "cleave the bone"
  • synonyms: cleave, split, rive
• Make by cutting into.
  • usage: "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"
  • synonyms: cleave
• Come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation.
  • usage: "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
  • synonyms: cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere