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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Gillyflower \Gil"ly*flow`er\, n. [OE. gilofre, gilofer, clove,
OF. girofre, girofle, F. girofle: cf. F. girofl['e]e
gillyflower, fr. girofle, Gr. ? clove tree; ? nut + ? leaf,
akin to E. foliage. Cf. Caryophyllus, July-flower.]
[Written also gilliflower.] (Bot.)
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.
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2. A kind of apple, of a roundish conical shape, purplish red
color, and having a large core.
Clove gillyflower, the clove pink.
Marsh gillyflower, the ragged robin ({Lychnis
Flos-cuculi).
Queen's gillyflower, or Winter gillyflower, damewort.
Sea+gillyflower,+the+thrift+({Armeria+vulgaris" rel="nofollow">Sea gillyflower, the thrift ({Armeria vulgaris).
Wall+gillyflower,+the+wallflower+({Cheiranthus+Cheiri" rel="nofollow">Wall gillyflower, the wallflower ({Cheiranthus Cheiri).
Water gillyflower, the water violet.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Pink \Pink\, n. [Perh. akin to pick; as if the edges of the
petals were picked out. Cf. Pink, v. t.]
1. (Bot.) A name given to several plants of the
caryophyllaceous genus Dianthus, and to their flowers,
which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in
cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial
herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome
five-petaled flowers with a tubular calyx.
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2. A color resulting from the combination of a pure vivid red
with more or less white; -- so called from the common
color of the flower. --Dryden.
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3. Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection
of something. ``The very pink of courtesy.'' --Shak.
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4. (Zo["o]l.) The European minnow; -- so called from the
color of its abdomen in summer. [Prov. Eng.]
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Bunch pink is Dianthus barbatus.
China pink, or Indian pink. See under China.
Clove pink is Dianthus Caryophyllus, the stock from which
carnations are derived.
Garden pink. See Pheasant's eye.
Meadow pink is applied to Dianthus deltoides; also, to
the ragged robin.
Maiden pink, Dianthus deltoides.
Moss pink. See under Moss.
Pink needle, the pin grass; -- so called from the long,
tapering points of the carpels. See Alfilaria.
Sea pink. See Thrift.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Carnation \Car*na"tion\, n. [F. carnation the flesh tints in a
painting, It carnagione, fr. L. carnatio fleshiness, fr.
caro, carnis, flesh. See Carnal.]
1. The natural color of flesh; rosy pink.
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Her complexion of the delicate carnation. --Ld.
Lytton.
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2. pl. (Paint.) Those parts of a picture in which the human
body or any part of it is represented in full color; the
flesh tints.
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The flesh tints in painting are termed carnations.
--Fairholt.
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Dianthus+({Dianthus+Caryophyllus" rel="nofollow">3. (Bot.) A species of Dianthus ({Dianthus Caryophyllus)
or pink, having very beautiful flowers of various colors,
esp. white and usually a rich, spicy scent.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Pink \Pink\, n. [Perh. akin to pick; as if the edges of the
petals were picked out. Cf. Pink, v. t.]
1. (Bot.) A name given to several plants of the
caryophyllaceous genus Dianthus, and to their flowers,
which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in
cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial
herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome
five-petaled flowers with a tubular calyx.
2. A color resulting from the combination of a pure vivid red
with more or less white; -- so called from the common
color of the flower. --Dryden.
3. Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection
of something. ``The very pink of courtesy.'' --Shak.
4. (Zo["o]l.) The European minnow; -- so called from the
color of its abdomen in summer. [Prov. Eng.]
Bunch pink is Dianthus barbatus.
China, or Indian, pink. See under China.
Clove pink is Dianthus Caryophyllus, the stock from which
carnations are derived.
Garden pink. See Pheasant's eye.
Meadow pink is applied to Dianthus deltoides; also, to
the ragged robin.
Maiden pink, Dianthus deltoides.
Moss pink. See under Moss.
Pink needle, the pin grass; -- so called from the long,
tapering points of the carpels. See Alfilaria.
Sea pink. See Thrift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Gillyflower \Gil"ly*flow`er\, n. [OE. gilofre, gilofer, clove,
OF. girofre, girofle, F. girofle: cf. F. girofl['e]e
gillyflower, fr. girofle, Gr. ? clove tree; ? nut + ? leaf,
akin to E. foliage. Cf. Caryophyllus, July-flower.]
(Bot.)
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
color, and having a large core. [Written also
gilliflower.]
Clove gillflower, the clove pink.
Marsh gillyflower, the ragged robin ({Lychnis
Flos-cuculi).
Queen's, or Winter, gillyflower, damewort.
Sea+gillyflower,+the+thrift+({Armeria+vulgaris" rel="nofollow">Sea gillyflower, the thrift ({Armeria vulgaris).
Wall+gillyflower,+the+wallflower+({Cheiranthus+Cheiri" rel="nofollow">Wall gillyflower, the wallflower ({Cheiranthus Cheiri).
Water gillyflower, the water violet.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
Dianthus caryophyllus
n : Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually
double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and
many colors [syn: carnation, clove pink, gillyflower]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
Dianthus caryophyllus
Translingual n.
(taxon species family Caryophyllaceae the carnation)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
Dianthus caryophyllus
Translingual n.
(taxon species family Caryophyllaceae the carnation)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
Dianthus caryophyllus
Translingual n.
(taxon species family Caryophyllaceae the carnation)
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