gillyflower
1. any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers • Syn: stock • Hypernyms: flower • Hyponyms: brompton stock, Matthiola incana • Member Holonyms: Matthiola, genus Matthiola 2. Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors • Syn: carnation, clove pink, Dianthus caryophyllus • Derivationally related forms: carnation (for: carnation) • Hypernyms: pink, garden pink
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