01 n. A name given by old writers to the clove pink (Dianthus Caryophyllus) but now to the common stock (Matthiola incana), a cruciferous plant w…
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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.)
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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.