ENTRY: cravo-da-índia


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CLASS: noun


SCIENTIFIC NAME: Caryophyllus aromaticus


EQUIVALENT: clove


DEFINITION: A brown dried flower bud used as a spice for flavoring savory or sweet foods and as decoration.


EXAMPLE: Decorate with 1 clove in the center of each prune to form the pupil of the eye.


SOURCE: BCJ


COMMENT: Cloves can be used ground or whole. When used whole, they should be removed before eating.


CLUSTERS: whole clove(s); ground clove(s)



SAME AS: cravo