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clove has 5 distinct synonyms spread across 2 of its 4 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
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, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for clove come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb
spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; used whole or ground