Editing Clove (section)

=== Non-culinary uses ===
It is often added to [[Betel nut chewing|betel quids]] to enhance aroma while chewing.<ref>{{Cite book|page=26|title=Betel Chewing Traditions in South-East Asia|first=Dawn F.|last=Rooney|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1993|location=Kuala Lumpur|isbn=0-19-588620-8}}</ref> The spice is used in a type of cigarette called ''[[kretek]]'' in Indonesia.<ref name="GRIN"/> Clove cigarettes were smoked throughout Europe, Asia, and the United States. Clove cigarettes are currently classified in the United States as [[cigar]]s,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fda.gov/TobaccoProducts/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/FlavoredTobacco/default.htm |title=Flavored Tobacco |publisher=FDA |access-date=September 7, 2012}}</ref> the result of a [[ban (law)|ban]] on flavored cigarettes in September 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Tobacco Control Act's Ban of Clove Cigarettes and the WTO: A Detailed Analysis |url=https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/R42733.html|date=17 September 2012 |access-date=2022-05-12 |publisher= Congressional Research Service Reports|language=en}}</ref>

Clove [[essential oil]] may be used to inhibit [[mold]] growth on various types of foods.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Ju |first1=Jian |last2=Xu |first2=Xiaomiao |last3=Xie |first3=Yunfei |last4=Guo |first4=Yahui |last5=Cheng |first5=Yuliang |last6=Qian |first6=He |last7=Yao |first7=Weirong |date=2018 |title=Inhibitory effects of cinnamon and clove essential oils on mold growth on baked foods |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0308814617312736 |journal=Food Chemistry |language=en |volume=240 |pages=850–855 |doi=10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.07.120|pmid=28946351 }}</ref> In addition to these non-culinary uses of clove, it can be used to protect wood in a system for [[cultural heritage]] conservation, and showed the efficacy of clove essential oil to be higher than a [[boron]]-based wood preservative.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Pop |first1=Dana-Mihaela |last2=Timar |first2=Maria Cristina |last3=Varodi |first3=Anca Maria |last4=Beldean |first4=Emanuela Carmen |date=December 2021 |title=An evaluation of clove (''Eugenia caryophyllata'') essential oil as a potential alternative antifungal wood protection system for cultural heritage conservation |journal=Maderas. Ciencia y tecnología |language=en |volume=24 |doi=10.4067/S0718-221X2022000100411 |s2cid=245952586 |issn=0718-221X|doi-access=free }}</ref> Cloves can be used to make a fragrant [[pomander]] when combined with an orange. When given as a gift in Victorian England, such a pomander indicated warmth of feeling.

[[File:Seasonal clove buds drying on Pemba1.jpg|thumb|Cloves drying in sun]]