clove
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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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