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gilli-flower

gilli-flower is the alternative spelling of gillyflower.

Meaning of gillyflower

Noun

gillyflower (plural gillyflowers)

  1. Clove pink.
    • A compound of galanga, cubebs, sparrow wort, cardamoms, nutmeg, gillyflowers, Indian thistle, laurel seeds, cloves, Persian pepper is made into a drink. Taken twice daily morning and night, in pigeon or fowl broth, preceded and followed by eater. The result, according to Arab tradition, is an...1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 102
  2. (broadly) Any clove-scented flower.
  3. Any of several species of wallflower.
  4. A variety of purplish-red apple with a roundish conical shape and a large core.
  5. A stylized representation of a carnation blossom, usually red, and shown with or without a slip and leaves.

Forms of gilli-flower

pluralgilli-flowers

Questions about gilli-flower

What is gilli-flower the alternative spelling of?
Gilli-flower is the alternative spelling of gillyflower.

Words near gilli-flower in the dictionary

  1. Gillham interfaces
  2. gillhouse
  3. gillhouses
  4. Gilli Danda
  5. gilli-danda
  6. gilli-flower
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  8. Gilliam
  9. Gilliam County
  10. Gilliamesque
  11. gillian

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