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clove

[klohv] / kloʊv /








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It can also be manufactured synthetically using materials derived from sources such as clove oil or rice.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

A middle C would smell like a rose; bass notes like clove and vanilla.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

The eels are sedated using clove oil so that Dr Evans and his PhD student group can easily measure them.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2025

Cinnamon, cardamom, clove, ginger — all are welcome here.

From Salon ● May 6, 2025

We still sometimes do that today: For example, gingerbread mixes sugar with spices such as ginger, clove, and nutmeg.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson


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