gillyflower
See also: gilly-flower
English
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editEtymology
editBy folk etymology (with influence from flower) from French girofle, gilofre, from Late Latin caryophyllum, from Ancient Greek καρυόφυλλον (karuóphullon, “dried flower buds of the clove tree”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgillyflower (plural gillyflowers)
- Clove pink.
- (by extension) Any clove-scented flower.
- Any of several species of wallflower.
- A variety of purplish-red apple with a roundish conical shape and a large core.
- (heraldry) A stylized representation of a carnation blossom, usually red, and shown with or without a slip and leaves.
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Translations
editany clove-scented flower
variety of apple
Further reading
edit- gilliflower on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Michael Quinion (2004) “Gillyflower”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, →ISBN.
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