Clove gillyflower

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(Bot.)	any fragrant self-colored carnation.
	the clove pink.

See also: Clove, Gillyflower

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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Conserves made from flowers such as violets were very popular: as Gerard described in his Herball of 1597, the conserve made from clove gillyflowers (pinks) and sugar 'wonderfully above measure doth comfort the heart'.

Busy Lizzie: Trea Martyn describes how urban living and a historical oasis in the capital inspired her interest in garden history, and in Elizabethan gardens in particular

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