English-Thai Dictionary
gillyflower
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
GILLYFLOWER
n.[supposed to be a corruption of July-flower. ] The name of certain plants. The clove gilly-flower is of the genus Dianthus, or carnation pink; the stock gillyflower is the Cheiranthus; the queen's gillyflower is the Hesperis.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
GILLYFLOWER
Gil "ly *flow `er, n. Etym: [OE. gilofre, gilofer, clove, OF. girofre,girofle, F. girofle: cf. F. giroflée gillyflower, fr. girofle, Gr. foliage. Cf. Caryophyllus, July-flower. ] (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.
2. A kind of apple, of a roundish conical shape, purplish red color, and having a large core. [Written also gilliflower. ] Clove gillflower, the clove pink. -- Marsh gillyflower, the ragged robin (Lychnis Flos-cuculi ). -- Queen's, or Winter, gillyflower, damewort. -- Sea gillyflower, the thrift (Armeria vulgaris ). -- Wall gillyflower, the wallflower (Cheiranthus Cheiri ). -- Water gillyflower, the water violet.
New American Oxford Dictionary
gillyflower
gil ly flow er |ˈjilēˌflou (-ə )r ˈʤɪliflaʊər |(also gilliflower ) ▶noun any of a number of fragrant flowers, such as the wallflower, clove pink, or white stock. ORIGIN Middle English gilofre (in the sense ‘clove ’), from Old French gilofre, girofle, via medieval Latin from Greek karuophullon (from karuon ‘nut ’ + phullon ‘leaf ’). The ending was altered by association with flower, but gilliver survived in dialect.
Oxford Dictionary
gillyflower
gillyflower |ˈdʒɪlɪˌflaʊə |(also gilliflower ) ▶noun any of a number of fragrant flowers, such as the wallflower or white stock. • (also clove gillyflower ) archaic a clove-scented pink or carnation. See clove 1 ( sense 3 ). ORIGIN Middle English gilofre (in the sense ‘clove ’), from Old French gilofre, girofle, via medieval Latin from Greek karuophullon (from karuon ‘nut ’ + phullon ‘leaf ’). The ending was altered by association with flower, but gilliver survived in dialect.
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