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Gillyflower

noun

(Written also gilliflower)

Any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers. Synonym: stock.

Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors. Synonyms: carnation, clove pink, Dianthus caryophyllus.

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... red, the violet blue, The gillyflower sweet — and so are you. These are the words you bade me say For a pair of ...

— The Only True Mother Goose Melodies - Without Addition or Abridgement • Munroe and Francis

Words linked to "Gillyflower" : genus Matthiola, brompton stock, Matthiola incana, garden pink, Matthiola, flower, pink