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One of the sections of a garlic bulb. Also: The dried flower bud of a tree that is used as a spice.

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  • One clove of garlic is often enough to flavor the whole pot of soup.
  • After each clove is charred on one side, turn it so that all sides are charred, then remove from the heat.
  • The clove is native to the far east of Indonesia, yet somehow these cloves found their way to ancient Mesopotamia.
  • Through each, spear pierced, and sword clove, the way.
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