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According to American Heritage Dictionary: A gilliflower is:

The carnation or a similar plant of the genus Dianthus.
Any of several plants, such as the wallflower, that have fragrant flowers.

Its name came via French giroflée from Greek karyophyllon = "nut-leaf" = the spice called clove. Some say that "gillyflower" originally referred to scented plants that were used in Europe as a cheap substitute for the spice called clove.

An archaic recipe for gilliflower wine is mentioned in the Cornish Recipes Ancient & Modern dated to 1753:

Gilliflowers are mentioned by Mrs. Lovett in the song "Wait" from the Sondheim musical Sweeney Todd and in the novel La Faute de l'Abbé Mouret (aka Abbe Mouret's Transgression or the Sin of the Father Mouret) by Émile Zola as part of the Les Rougon-Macquart series.

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Gillyflower

gillyflower: see pink pink, common name for some members of the Caryophyllaceae, a family of small herbs found chiefly in north temperate zones (especially the Mediterranean area ...

gillyflower definition of gillyflower in the Free Online Encyclopedia.

noun . 1. Archaic. any of several fragrant flowers of the genus Dianthus, as the carnation or clove pink. 2. any of various other usually fragrant flowers, esp. a stock, Matthiola ...

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