Gillyflower

gillyflower
    n 1: any of several Old World plants cultivated for their
         brightly colored flowers [syn: {stock}, {gillyflower}]
    2: Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually
       double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many
       colors [syn: {carnation}, {clove pink}, {gillyflower},
       {Dianthus caryophyllus}]
    

Gillyflower \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}.]
   [Written also {gilliflower}.] (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.
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   2. A kind of apple, of a roundish conical shape, purplish red
      color, and having a large core.

   {Clove gillyflower}, the clove pink.

   {Marsh gillyflower}, the ragged robin ({Lychnis
      Flos-cuculi}).

   {Queen's gillyflower}, 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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