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)

1. (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.

Etymology 2

Noun

clowe

1. Alternative form of clawe

Etymology 3

Noun

clowe

1. Alternative form of clewe

Etymology 4

Noun

clowe

1. Alternative form of clove

Etymology 5

Verb

clowe

1. Alternative form of clawen