CLOVES

"CLOVES" is a plural of: clove.

Date "CLOVES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Condiment

Nutmeg, mace, cinnamon, oregano, cloves, fennel.

Crosswords: CLOVES

References

• The World Market for Whole Cloves Including Stems: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

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Books

• Ancient Artifacts: Cloves Weapons and Tools (Primitive Poster Series) (reference)

• Scent of Cloves (reference)

• Southeast Asian exports since the 14th century : cloves, pepper, coffee, and sugar (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Business

The best prospects include reagents, research distillers, water baths, sterilizers, auto cloves, pH meters, hot plates, microscopes, balances, centrifuges among others. (references)

According to experts in the industry, some of the best prospects include reagents, research apparatus parts, water baths, auto cloves, pH meters, hot plates, sterilizers, microscopes, balances, and centrifuges. (references)

Economic History

Comoros

Trade: Exports (1999 est.)--$7.9 million: vanilla, cloves, perfume essences, copra. (references)

Tanzania

Cash crops, including coffee, tea, cotton, cashews, sisal, cloves, and pyrethrum account for the vast majority of export earnings. (references)

Tanzania

Traditional exports such as coffee, cotton, sisal, cashew nuts, cloves, tea and tobacco remain the pillars of export income generation. (references)

Political Economy

Madagascar

Agricultural exports grew 5.2 percent with vanilla, coffee, cloves, and pepper registering increases. (references)

INDONESIA

For example, restrictive marketing arrangements for cement, paper, cloves, other spices, and plywood were eliminated in February 1998. Indonesia opened its wholesale and large-scale retail trade to foreign investment, lifting most restrictions in March 1998. Some retail sectors are still reserved for small-scale enterprises under another 1998 decree. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expression using "CLOVES": oil of cloves. Additional references.

Finnish

neilikka (carnation, pink). (various references)

German

Gewürznelken. (various references)

Hungarian

szegfűszegolaj (oil of cloves). (various references)

Pig Latin

ovesclay.(various references)

Russian 

гвоздичное масло (oil of cloves). (various references)

Scottish

clomhais. (various references)

Swedish

klövar. (various references)

Eugenia caryophyllus c.sprengel,bullock et harrison, Syzygium aromaticum Linnaeus,merrill et perry. (various references)

Misspellings

"CLOVES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: clavpes, clevee, Clives, clores, clorve, Clotes, clovas, clxvi, Colloveti, klaves, klove. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: close, clove, coles, coves, loves, socle, solve, voces, voles.

-2 letters: cels, cole, cols, cove, levo, lose, love, oles, sloe, sole, voes, vole.

-3 letters: cel, col, cos, els, lev, oes, ole, ose, sec, sel, sol, voe.

-4 letters: el, es, lo, oe, os, so.

+1 letter: alcoves, clovers, coevals.

+2 letters: coaevals, convulse, lovesick, solvency, vacuoles, vocables, vocalise.

+3 letters: cavaleros, coevolves, collusive, conclaves, convolves, convulsed, convulses, costively, coveralls, coverless, coverlets, coverlids, coverslip, gavelocks, havelocks, laverocks, livestock, locatives, lovelocks, occlusive, overcalls, overcools, overscale, slipcover, violences, vocalised, vocalises, vocalizes, voiceless, volcanoes.

+4 letters: autoclaves, calvadoses, codevelops, cohesively, compulsive, conclusive, consultive, convalesce, conversely, convolutes, convulsive, covalences, covellines, covellites, coverslips, covetously, cowlstaves, insolvency, involucres, livestocks, mooncalves, novelistic, olivaceous, overchills, overclaims, overcleans, overclears, overclouds, overscaled, slipcovers, slivovices, solvencies, velocities, violaceous, vocalities, vocalizers.