Lotus vs Clove - What's the difference?
lotus | clove |
A kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae.
A water lily, genus Nymphaea , especially those of Egypt or India.
A legendary plant eaten by the Lotophagi of the Odyssey that caused drowsiness and euphoria.
A number of other plants bearing "lotus" in their scientific or common names (see below).
# Diospyros lotus , date plum or (Caucasian persimmon).
# Lotus , a genus that includes (vern, bird's-foot trefoil)s and (deer vetch)es, a terrestrial genus with small flowers
# , a shrub species with edible fruit
An architectural motif of ancient Egyptian temples.
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 lotus and clove
is that lotus is while clove is a very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree or clove can be any one of the separate bulbs that make up the larger bulb of garlic or clove can be (label) a narrow valley with steep sides, used in areas of north america first settled by the dutch.As a verb clove is
(cleave).lotus
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Noun
(en-noun)Derived terms
* (Nelumbo lutea ) * blue lotus () * * * lotus birth * lotus eater * lotus effect * lotus position * lotus root * ) * snow lotus ( * ) * (Nelumbo lutea ) * )External links
* ("lotus" on Wikipedia)Anagrams
* ----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.