gillyflower : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: gillyflower	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for gillyflower
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gillyflower n any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers Synonym(s): stock, gillyflower Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors Synonym(s): carnation, clove pink, gillyflower, Dianthus caryophyllus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gillyflower \Gil"ly*flow`er\, n. [OE. gilofre, gilofer, clove, OF. girofre, girofle, F. girofle: cf. F. girofl[82]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.