Definition of gillyflower Gillyflower
gil•ly•flow•er
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What does gillyflower mean?
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| gillyflower - any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers | ||
| stock | ||
| flower reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts | ||
| genus matthiola, matthiola genus of Old World plants grown as ornamentals | ||
| gillyflower - Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors | ||
| carnation, clove pink, Dianthus caryophyllus | ||
| garden pink, pink a light shade of red | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- gillyflower (n.)
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. - gillyflower (n.)
A kind of apple, of a roundish conical shape, purplish red color, and having a large core.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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gillyflower
jil′i-flow-ėr, n. popular English name for stock, wallflower, &c., from its clove-like smell. [O. Fr. giroflée—Gr. karyophyllon, the clove-tree—karyon, a nut, phyllon, a leaf.]
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🔤- gillyflower, noun, singular of gillyflowers.
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