winter gillyflower

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winter gillyflower - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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     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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