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gillyflower
('/dZ//I/l/i/,fl/AU//@/r )

noun (n)

  • any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers(noun.plant)
    Synonym:
    stock
    source: wordnet30
  • Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors(noun.plant)
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913
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