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Gillyflower

//ˈd͡ʒɪl.iˌflaʊɚ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Clove pink.

    "A compound of galanga, cubebs, sparrow wort, cardamoms, nutmeg, gillyflowers, Indian thistle, laurel seeds, cloves, Persian pepper is made into a drink. Taken twice daily morning and night, in pigeon or fowl broth, preceded and followed by eater. The result, according to Arab tradition, is an effective aphrodisiac."

  2. 2
    Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors wordnet
  3. 3
    Any clove-scented flower. broadly
  4. 4
    any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers wordnet
  5. 5
    Any of several species of wallflower.
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  1. 6
    A variety of purplish-red apple with a roundish conical shape and a large core.
  2. 7
    A stylized representation of a carnation blossom, usually red, and shown with or without a slip and leaves.

Etymology

By 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”).

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