About The Word Gillyflower
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Gillyflower
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What's The Definition Of Gillyflower?
[n] Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors
[n] any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers Synonyms | Synonyms for Gillyflower: carnation | clove pink | Dianthus caryophyllus | stock Related Terms | Find terms related to Gillyflower: See Also | brompton stock | flower | garden pink | genus Matthiola | Matthiola | Matthiola incana | pink Gillyflower In Webster's Dictionary \Gil"ly*flow`er\, n. [OE. gilofre, gilofer, clove,
OF. girofre, girofle, F. girofle: cf. F. girofl['e]e
gillyflower, fr. girofle, Gr. ? clove tree; ? nut + ? leaf,
akin to E. foliage. Cf. {Caryophyllus}, {July-flower}.]
(Bot.)
1. A name given by old writers to the clove pink ({Dianthus
Caryophyllus}) but now to the common stock ({Matthiola
incana}), a cruciferous plant with showy and fragrant
blossoms, usually purplish, but often pink or white.
2. A kind of apple, of a roundish conical shape, purplish red
color, and having a large core. [Written also
{gilliflower}.]
{Clove gillflower}, the clove pink.
{Marsh gillyflower}, the ragged robin ({Lychnis
Flos-cuculi}).
{Queen's, or Winter}, {gillyflower}, damewort.
{Sea gillyflower}, the thrift ({Armeria vulgaris}).
{Wall gillyflower}, the wallflower ({Cheiranthus Cheiri}).
{Water gillyflower}, the water violet.
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