noun
moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves
• Syn: ↑clove, ↑clove tree, ↑Syzygium aromaticum, ↑Eugenia caryophyllatum
• Hypernyms: ↑spice tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Syzygium, ↑genus Syzygium
• Part Meronyms: ↑clove
Useful english dictionary. 2012.