- the dried flower bud of a tropical tree, Syzygium aromaticum, of the myrtle family, used whole or ground as a spice.
- the tree itself.
- one of the small bulbs formed in the axils of the scales of a mother bulb, as in garlic.
- a simple past tense of cleave2.
- a British unit of weight for wool, cheese, etc., usually equivalent to 8 pounds (3.6 kilograms).
- a tropical evergreen myrtaceous tree, Syzygium aromaticum, native to the East Indies but cultivated elsewhere, esp Zanzibar
- the dried unopened flower buds of this tree, used as a pungent fragrant spice
- any of the segments of a compound bulb that arise from the axils of the scales of a large bulb
- a past tense of cleave 1
