Difference between Allspice and Clove

What is the difference between Allspice and Clove?

Allspice as a noun is a spice; the dried and ground unripe fruit of pimenta dioica, thought to combine the flavours of several spices, such as cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. while Clove as a noun is a very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.

Allspice

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A spice; the dried and ground unripe fruit of Pimenta dioica, thought to combine the flavours of several spices, such as cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. An evergreen tree of tropical America with aromatic berries.

Clove

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.The tree Eugenia aromatica syn. Caryophyllus aromatica, native of the Moluccas (Indonesian islands)which produces itAn old English measure of weight, containing 7 pounds (3.2 kg), i.e. half a stone.Any one of the separate bulbs that make up the larger bulb of garlic

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