queen's gillyflower

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Gillyflower \Gil"ly*flow`er\, n. [OE. gilofre, gilofer, clove, OF. girofre, girofle, F. girofle: cf. F. girofl['e]e gillyflower, fr. girofle, Gr. ? clove tree; ? nut + ? leaf, akin to E. foliage. Cf. Caryophyllus, July-flower.] [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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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