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cloves
symbolic of stateliness. [Plant Symbolism and Folklore: Jobes, 350]
See : Dignity
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I then took leave of him, and exchanging my merchandise for sandal and aloes wood, camphor, nutmegs, cloves, pepper, and ginger, I embarked upon the same vessel and traded so successfully upon our homeward voyage that I arrived in Balsora with about one hundred thousand sequins.
The Arabian Nights by Lang, Andrew View in context
I then took cloves of garlic, though with a great aversion, both from the taste and smell.
A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context
Some had raisins for eyes and currant buttons on their clothes; others had eyes of cloves and legs of stick cinnamon, and many wore hats and bonnets frosted pink and green.
The Emerald City of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
 
 
 
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