clowe

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French clou de girofle, from Latin clāvus.

Alternative forms

clove, clouwe

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /klɔu̯/, /klɔː/, /klɔːv/

Noun

clowe (plural clowes)

(usually in the plural) A clove (bud of the tree Syzygium aromaticum)

Descendants

English: clove
Scots: clow

References

“clōve, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-1.

Noun

clowe

Alternative form of clawe

Noun

clowe

Alternative form of clewe

Noun

clowe

Alternative form of clove

Verb

clowe

Alternative form of clawen

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