gillyflower

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['dʒɪlɪ,flaʊɚ]

n. 紫罗兰花；康乃馨

英英释义

1. any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers

2. Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors

英文词源

gillyflower: gillyflower: see clove
gillyflower (n.): type of flowering plant, 1550s, folk etymology alteration (by association with unrelated flower) of gilofre "gillyflower" (late 14c.), originally "clove" (c. 1300), from Old French girofle "clove" (12c.), from Latin caryophyllon, from Greek karyophyllon "clove, nut leaf, dried flower bud of clove tree," from karyon "nut" (see karyo-) + phyllon "leaf" (see phyllo-). The flower so named for its scent.

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