GILLYFLOWER

carnation, clove pink, gillyflower, Dianthus caryophyllus

(noun) Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors

stock, gillyflower

(noun) any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

gillyflower (plural gillyflowers)

Clove pink.

Any clove-scented flower.

Any of several species of wallflower.

A variety of purplish-red apple with a roundish conical shape and a large core.

(heraldiccharge) A stylized representation of a carnation blossom, usually red, and shown with or without a slip and leaves.

Synonyms

• (carnation): carnation, pink

Source: Wiktionary

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Gil"ly*flow`er, n. Etym: [OE. gilofre, gilofer, clove, OF. girofre, girofle, F. girofle: cf. F. giroflée gillyflower, fr. girofle, Gr. 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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