eugenia caryophyllatum

Questions about eugenia caryophyllatum

What does eugenia caryophyllatum mean?

eugenia caryophyllatum means "moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves".

What is another word for eugenia caryophyllatum?

Close synonyms include clove, clove tree, Syzygium aromaticum, Eugenia aromaticum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is eugenia caryophyllatum a common word?

eugenia caryophyllatum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.