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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...
- girofle, from the Latin word clavus "nail". The related English word gillyflower, originally meaning "clove", derives via said Old French girofle and...
- suggests the name Gillikin may be named after the purple blossoms of the gillyflower. Like all of the countries of Oz, the Gillikin Country contains various...
- alterations, e.g. andiron, belfry, crayfish, cutlet, female, furbelow, gillyflower, gingerbread, penthouse, ****xe, pulley. The spelling of some words...
- led by Mrs Gillyflower. She finds the Eleventh Doctor, kept prisoner in Sweetville, and the trio reunites to help him defeat Mrs Gillyflower, by sabotaging...
- Anna Film The Bletchley Circle Millie TV series 2013 Doctor Who Ada Gillyflower Series 7 (Episode: "The Crimson Horror") Sixteen Laura Film 2014 The...
- 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 it...
- 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...