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Gillyflower   Listen
noun
Gillyflower  n.  (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.
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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Words linked to "Gillyflower" :   carnation, garden pink, clove pink, brompton stock, genus Matthiola, Matthiola incana, Matthiola, Dianthus caryophyllus, water gillyflower, stock, pink, flower



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