gillyflower

/jil-ee-flou-er/US // ˈdʒɪl iˌflaʊ ər //UK // (ˈdʒɪlɪˌflaʊə) //

吉利花,吉利之花,吉利花卉,吉利物语

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : Archaic. any of several fragrant flowers of the genus Dianthus, as the carnation or clove pink.
- : any of various other usually fragrant flowers, especially a stock, Matthiola incana, of the mustard family.

The latter is a fragrant yellow-colored water, prepared from gillyflower, jasmine, and flor de mistela (Talinum umbellatum).
Ten Week Stock—the "Gillyflower" of grandmother's garden—is a late bloomer.
Mother used to tell how before I were born, she were in a terrible hurry to eat a Cornish Gillyflower.
In a wet place the "gillyflower" was growing, suggesting our dentaria, or crinkle-root.
"You're such a dear, Gillyflower," she said with that impulsive, lovable charm of manner which it was so difficult to resist.