gillyflower
/ˈji-lē-ˌflau̇(-ə)r/ (ame, mw)
gillyflower — noun
1. any of several old-fashioned garden plants that produce brightly coloured, clove
any of several old-fashioned garden plants that produce brightly coloured, clove-scented flowers, especially a type of carnation, stock, or wallflower.
The florist arranged a bunch of pink and white gillyflowers for the wedding table.
collocation: pink and white gillyflowers
Yuna discovered rows of old-fashioned gillyflowers growing in her grandmother's garden.
gillyflowers + growing in [location]
The herbalist used dried gillyflower petals to make a fragrant potpourri for the shop.
Amir picked a single purple gillyflower from the bush and pinned it to his shirt.
For centuries, English cottage gardens have been famous for their sweet-smelling gillyflowers.
- carnation
The most common modern equivalent; refers specifically to the Dianthus caryophyllus, which is one type of gillyflower but not the only one.
- stock
Another plant historically called a gillyflower; has tall spikes of sweet-smelling flowers in pink, purple, or white.
- clove pink
An old English name for the clove-scented carnation; 'pink' here does not refer to the colour but to the flower type.
文法句型
a / the gillyflower (countable singular)
gillyflowers (common plural form)
用法筆記
Gillyflower is now an old-fashioned or literary term. In modern gardening and floristry, the individual plant names — carnation, stock, wallflower — are used instead. The word appears most often in historical novels, traditional poetry, and descriptions of heritage cottage gardens.