syzygium aromaticum

Questions about syzygium aromaticum

What does syzygium aromaticum mean?

syzygium aromaticum 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 syzygium aromaticum?

Close synonyms include clove, clove tree, Eugenia aromaticum, Eugenia caryophyllatum. 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 syzygium aromaticum a common word?

syzygium aromaticum 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.