gillyflowers in English
noun
1
any of a number of fragrant flowers, such as the wallflower, clove pink, or white stock.
Finally, and very much later, gilliflower became a name for flowers such as the white stock and the wallflower that, although sweetly scented, had no connection with the spice or the clove-pink.
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1. Bolbonac or the Satin-Flower hath hard and round stalks, dividing themselves into many other small branches, beset with leaves like Dame's Violets, or Queen's Gillyflowers, somewhat broad and snipped about the edges, and in fashion almost like Sauce-Alone, or Jack-by-the-hedge, but that they are longer and sharper pointed.