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gillyflower

DEFINITIONS OF: gillyflower

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n any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers

Synonyms:
stock
Types:
Matthiola incana, brompton stock
European plant with racemes of sweet-scented flowers; widely cultivated as an ornamental
Type of:
flower
a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms

n Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors

Synonyms:
Dianthus caryophyllus, carnation, clove pink
Type of:
garden pink, pink
any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers
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