Gillyflower /(?)/
Gil·ly·flow·er
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. (Bot.)
- A kind of apple, of a roundish conical shape, purplish red color, and having a large core.
Phrases & Compounds
- Clove gillyflower
- the clove pink.
- Marsh gillyflower
- the ragged robin (Lychnis Flos-cuculi).
- Queen's gillyflower
- damewort.
- Sea gillyflower
- the thrift (Armeria vulgaris).
- Wall gillyflower
- the wallflower (Cheiranthus Cheiri).
- Water gillyflower
- the water violet.