gillyflower
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- noun
- /ˈɡɪliˌflaʊər/
- Archaic
:
clavel
Examples
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Gillyflowers, maybe
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Gillyflowers.
Fiction book (1996) -
The gillyflower has a sweet fragrance that fills the garden in spring.
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During the spring festival, Anne proudly displayed her beautiful gillyflowers in the main hall.
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Gillyflowers bloom in a variety of colors, making them a popular choice for floral arrangements.
Synonyms
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A garden flower with a sweet smell and many pink, red, or white petals
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A garden flower like a carnation with bright, often scented petals
A garden plant with fragrant, often colorful flowers
A garden plant with sweet smelling pink to red flowers called carnations
A garden flower with many petals and a spicy clove smell
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Etymology
Gillyflower comes from an old French word girofle that meant 'clove', because many of these garden flowers smell like the spice. So gillyflower became the name for bright, sweet-smelling garden flowers.