Clove (Choji)

An evergreen shrub of the potato family, the clove is native to Mexico. The crests depict the fruit of the clove plant, which was introduced to Japan in the beginning of the HEIAN Period and appreciated for its medicinal and aromatic properties.

Two parallel
cloves in circle

Three clockwise
clove swirls
in circle		 Three
counterclockwise
clove swirls
in circle		 Three clockwise
clove swirls		 Three
counterclockwise
clove swirls		 Eight cloves

Intersecting cloves
in circle		 Changed shape
two clove swirls		 Right,
two clove swirls		 Butterfly-shaped
clove having
a child		 Six cloves

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