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Gillyflower n. (Written also gilliflower) (Bot.)

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.

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.