gillyflower

Meaning

Noun

• Clove pink.
• 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.
• A stylized representation of a carnation blossom, usually red, and shown with or without a slip and leaves.

Related

Similar words

• carnation, pink

Origin

• By folk etymology (with influence from flower) from French girofle, gilofre, from Late Latin caryophyllum, from Ancient Greek καρυόφυλλον ("dried flower buds of the clove tree").