Clover vs Clove - What's the difference?
clover | clove |
(botany) A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.
A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.
), native to the Moluccas (Indonesian islands), which produces the spice.
(label) An old English measure of weight, containing 7 pounds (3.2 kg), i.e. half a stone.
* 1843 , The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge p. 202.
* 1866 , James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , Volume 1, p. 169:
(cleave)
(label) A narrow valley with steep sides, used in areas of North America first settled by the Dutch
As nouns the difference between clover and clove
is that clover is a plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers while clove is a very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.As a proper noun Clover
is {{surname|lang=en}.As a verb clove is
simple past of cleave.clover
English
(wikipedia clover) (Trifolium)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* clover weevil * clover worm * in clover * red clover * sweet clover * white cloverHyponyms
* shamrock * trefoilAnagrams
*clove
English
Etymology 1
An alteration of (etyl) (m), from the first component of (etyl) . (wikipedia clove)Noun
- Seven pounds make a clove', 2 '''cloves''' a stone, 2 stone a tod 6 1/2 tods a wey, 2 weys a sack, 12 sacks a last. The 'Pathway' points out the etymology of the word '''cloves ; it calls them ' ''claves'' or ''nails .' It is to be observed here that a sack is 13 tods, and a tod 28 pounds, so that the sack is 364 pounds.
- 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.