1) Flower 2) French word used in English 3) Stock
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1) Stock
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• (n.) A kind of apple, of a roundish conical shape, purplish red color, and having a large core. • (n.) 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.Gillyflower: words in...
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any of several scented flowering plants, especially the carnation, or clove pink (Dianthus caryophyllus), stock (Matthiola incana), and wallflower ...
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(Dianthus) This group of hardy plants includes Pinks, Carnations and Sweet Williams. The Carnation is the descendent of D. Caryophyllus; it grows wild in southern Europe. D. barbatus, the Sweet William, is found wild in the Mediterranean region. The Pinks have mainly come from D. plumarius. The Chinese and Indian Pinks have come from D. chinensis a...
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<botany> ... 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 colour, and having a large core. ... Alternativ...
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Gil'ly·flow`er noun [ Middle English
gilofre ,
gilofer , clove, Old French
girofre ,
girofle , French
girofle : confer French
giroflée gillyflower, from
girofle , Greek ... clove tree; ... nut + ... leaf, akin to English
foliage . Confer
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any of several fragrant flowers of the genus Dianthus, as the carnation or clove pink. · any of various other usually fragrant flowers, esp. a stock, Matthiola incana, of the mustard family.
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