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Clove gillyflower
Clove Clove, n. [OE. clow, fr. F. clou nail, clou de girofle a clove, lit. nail of clove, fr. L. clavus nail, perh. akin to clavis key, E. clavicle. The clove was so called from its resemblance to a nail. So in D. kruidnagel clove, lit. herb-nail or spice-nail. Cf. Cloy.] A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree (Eugenia, or Caryophullus, aromatica), a native of the Molucca Isles. Clove camphor. (Chem.) See Eugenin. Clove gillyflower, Clove pink (Bot.), any fragrant self-colored carnation.

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- A gilliflower or gillyflower (/ˈdʒɪliˌflaʊ.ər/) is: The carnation or a similar plant of the genus Dianthus, especially the Clove Pink Dianthus caryophyllus...
- (Jenna-Louise Coleman) to prevent a plot by the chemist and engineer Mrs Gillyflower (Diana Rigg), who wishes to start a new world by wiping out all of humanity...
- Gillyflower was a 32-gun fourth rate vessel of the Kingdom of England, She started life as the Genoese merchantman Archangel Saint Michael built 1639...
- was part of the court of Henry III with the rent set at "One clove of Gillyflower" each year. The current house was built between 1564 and 1588 and altered...
- girofle, from the Latin word clavus "nail". The related English word gillyflower, originally meaning "clove", derives via said Old French girofle and...
- etymology alterations (e.g. andiron, belfry, crayfish, female, furbelow, gillyflower, gingerbread, penthouse, ****xe, pulley). Furthermore, the spelling...
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- and the tree is not a strong grower. It ripens in October. The Cornish Gillyflower is used as a base for comparison by the RHS fruit committee to gauge...
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