英语词汇“clove-gillyflower”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

clove-gillyflower

释义

gillyflower /jilˈi-flowr/ (Shakespeare gillyvor /-vər/)

noun

A flower that smells like cloves, esp cloveˈ-gillyflower and stockˈ-gillyflower (see clove¹and stock¹)

ORIGIN: OFr girofle, from Gr karyophyllon the clove-tree, from karyon a nut, and phyllon a leaf

noun

The flower-bud of the cloveˈ-tree (Eugenia caryophyllus or Syzygium aromaticum), dried as a spice, and yielding an essential oil, oil of cloves, used in medicine to relieve abdominal pain or as a remedy for toothache
(in pl) a flavouring obtained from it

ORIGIN: Fr clou nail, from its shape, from L clāvus a nail

clove gillyflower or clove pink noun

A variety of pink, smelling of cloves

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