'Clove gillyflower' definitions:
Definition of 'Clove gillyflower'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Clove gillyflower'
From: GCIDE
- Clove \Clove\, n. [OE. clow, fr. F. clou nail, clou de girofle a clove, lit. nail of clove, fr. L. clavus nail, perh. akin to clavis key, E. clavicle. The clove was so called from its resemblance to a nail. So in D. kruidnagel clove, lit. herb-nail or spice-nail. Cf. Cloy.] A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree (Eugenia aromatica syn. {Caryophullus aromatica}), a native of the Molucca Isles. [1913 Webster]
- Clove camphor. (Chem.) See Eugenin.
- Clove gillyflower, Clove pink (Bot.), any fragrant self-colored carnation. [1913 Webster]