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| 1 | 99% | 5 | Exact Match! | |
| 2 | 44% | 6 | Dried flower-buds used as a spice | |
| 3 | 34% | 9 | Referring to the growth pattern where the terminal bud dies, and the shoot continues growing from a lateral bud | |
Dried Flower Bud Used As A Spice Crossword Clue
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CLOVE which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is:
CLOVE
Updated: October 11, 2023 by Nicoli Westwood
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About This Clues Answer
We think the answer is "CLOVE" which means:
- noun
- • 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
- • 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 verb
- • To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
- • To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical crystallographic planes (often by impact), forming facets on the resulting pieces.
- • To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting.
- • To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.
- • To split.
- • Of a crystal, to split along a natural plane of division.
An example sentence would be:
- • "I added a clove of garlic to the soup."
- • "The recipe calls for three cloves of cinnamon."
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| New York Times12 Nov 2020 | Down 51 | |
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