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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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Thrift \Thrift\ (thr[i^]ft), n. [Icel. [thorn]rift. See
{Thrive}.]
1. A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in
regard to property; frugality.
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The rest, . . . willing to fall to thrift, prove
very good husbands. --Spenser.
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2. Success and advance in the acquisition of property;
increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity. "Your thrift
is gone full clean." --Chaucer.
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I have a mind presages me such thrift. --Shak.
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3. Vigorous growth, as of a plant.
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4. (Bot.) One of several species of flowering plants of the
genera {Statice} and {Armeria}.
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{Common thrift} (Bot.), {Armeria vulgaris}; -- also called
{sea pink}.
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Syn: Frugality; economy; prosperity; gain; profit.
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