gillyflower

/ˌdʒɪliˈflaʊər/

Other forms: gillyflowers

Definitions of gillyflower

1. noun

   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
2. noun

   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