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Caryophyllus Indicus flore multiplici luteo pleno maior
Hortus Eystettensis 2009
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Cloves (from _clavus_, a nail), also found in the kitchen spice box, and owning certain medicinal resources of a cordial sort, which are quickly available, belong to the Myrtle family of plants, and are the unexpanded flower buds of an aromatic tree (_Caryophyllus_), cultivated at Penang and elsewhere.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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A second set contain oxygen in addition, as oil of cinnamon, from _Cinnamonum verum; _ otto or attar of roses, from various species of rose, especially _Rosa centifolia; _ oil of cloves, from _Caryophyllus aromaticus_.
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_Caryophyllus aromaticus (Eugenia caryophyllata_), which was originally a native of the Moluccas, but is now cultivated in several parts of the East and West Indies.
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Cloves are the dried flower-buds of an East-Indian myrtaceous tree (_Caryophyllus_).
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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Caryophyllus semperflorens; Chinensis, double; dentosus hybridus;
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[5] The botanical name of the clove is _Caryophyllus aromaticus_.
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The Clove of commerce is the unexpanded flower of the Caryophyllus aromaticus, and the history of its discovery and cultivation by the Dutch in Amboyna, with the vain attempts they made to keep the monopoly of the profitable spice, is perhaps the saddest chapter in all the history of commerce.
The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Henry Nicholson Ellacombe 1868
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This very agreeable spice is the unexpanded flower-buds of the Caryophyllus aromaticus, a handsome, branching tree, a native of the Malacca Islands.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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This very agreeable spice is the unexpanded flower-buds of the Caryophyllus aromaticus, a handsome, branching tree, a native of the Malacca Islands.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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